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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/noti2243 In 2018, the Air Force recognized mathematician Gladys B. West with an Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Award for her contributions over a career that spanned decades,… Click to show full abstract
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/noti2243 In 2018, the Air Force recognized mathematician Gladys B. West with an Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Award for her contributions over a career that spanned decades, from the first days of the space race. Notably, she had a hand in what is now a ubiquitous tool, the global positioning system. The use of satellite data to accurately assess position presents rich mathematical challenges, in part because of the difficulty in modeling the Earth itself. In awarding West, the Air Force noted her “increasingly refined calculations for an extremely accurate geodetic Earth
Journal Title: Notices of the American Mathematical Society
Year Published: 2021
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