Barbara_L._Osofsky
Barbara L. Osofsky
American mathematician
Barbara L. Osofsky (born 1937)[1] is a retired professor of mathematics at Rutgers University.[2] Her research concerns abstract algebra. Osofsky's contributions to mathematics include her characterization of semisimple rings in terms of properties of cyclic modules.[3][4] Osofsky also established a logical equivalence between the continuum hypothesis and statements about the global dimension of associative rings.[5][6]