The Abel Prize 2013-2017

ISBN-13: 9783319990279 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 774 str.

Helge Holden; Ragni Piene

Recenzje

"There is a lot to learn from the autobiographies, and the expository essays are mostly very good as well, and definitely worth reading. Future historians will use these books as historical sources, but we can use them now to learn more about people we admire." (Fernando Gouvea, MAA Reviews, April 16, 2019)

Spis treści

Preface.- 2013 Pierre Deligne.- 2014 Yakov G. Sinai.- 2015 John Nash Jr and Louis Nirenberg.- 2016 Sir Andrew Wiles.- 2017 Yves Meyer.- Abel Activities.- Abel Prize Citations 2003-2012.- The Abel Committee.- The Niels Henrik Abel Board.- The Abel Lectures 2013-2017.- The Abel Laureate Presenters.- The Interviews with the Abel Laureates.- Addenda, Errata and Updates.

O autorze

The editors have been involved with the Abel Prize since its very beginning.  Helge Holden served as chair of the Abel Board (2010–2014) while Ragni Piene served as chair of the Abel Committee (2010–2014). Both have served on the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union.

Blurb

The book presents the winners of the Abel Prize in mathematics for the period 2013–17: Pierre Deligne (2013); Yakov G. Sinai (2014); John Nash Jr. and Louis Nirenberg (2015); Sir Andrew Wiles (2016); and Yves Meyer (2017).

The profiles feature autobiographical information as well as a scholarly description of each mathematician’s work. In addition, each profile contains a Curriculum Vitae, a complete bibliography, and the full citation from the prize committee.  

The book also includes photos for the period 2003–2017 showing many of the additional activities connected with the Abel Prize.

As an added feature, video interviews with the Laureates as well as videos from the prize ceremony are provided at an accompanying website (http://extras.springer.com/).

This book follows on The Abel Prize: 2003-2007. The First Five Years (Springer, 2010) and The Abel Prize 2008-2012 (Springer 2014), which profile the work of the previous Abel Prize winners.