The Abel Prize 2008-2012 / Helge Holden, Ragni Piene, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holden, H. (Helge), 1956- editor.

Piene, Ragni, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics.

Computer science.

Physics.

Physical Description:

xvii, 571 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg : Springer, 2014.

Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, [2014]

Summary:

Covering the years 2008-2012, this book profiles the life and work of recent winners of the Abel Prize: · John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits, 2008 · Mikhail Gromov, 2009 · John T. Tate Jr., 2010 · John W. Milnor, 2011 · Endre Szemerédi, 2012. The profiles feature autobiographical information as well as a description of each mathematician's work. In addition, each profile contains a complete bibliography, a curriculum vitae, as well as photos -- old and new. As an added feature, interviews with the Laureates are presented on an accompanying web site (http://extras.springer.com/). The book also presents a history of the Abel Prize written by the historian Kim Helsvig, and includes a facsimile of a letter from Niels Henrik Abel, which is transcribed, translated into English, and placed into historical perspective by Christian Skau. This book follows on The Abel Prize: 2003-2007, The First Five Years (Springer, 2010), which profiles the work of the first Abel Prize winners.

Contents:

The Abel prize - the missing Nobel in mathematics / Kim G. Helsvig

2008 John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits: some reflections / John G. Thompson

A biography of Jacques Tits / Francis Buckenhout

The work of John Griggs Thompson: a survey / Richard Lyons and Robert M. Guralnick

A report on the scientific contributions of Jacques / Francis Buekenhout

List of Publications for John Griggs Thompson

List of Publications for Jacques Tits

Curriculum vitae for John Griggs Thompson

Curriculum vitae for Jacques Tits

2009 Mikhail Gromov: a few recollections / Mikhail Gromov

A few snapshots from the work of Mikhail Gromov / D.Burago, Y. Eliashberg, M. Bestvina, F. Forstnerič, L. Guth, A. Nabutovsky, A. Phillips, J. Roe and A. Vershik

List of publications for Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov

Curriculum vitae for Mikhail Leonoidovich Gromov

2010 John T. Tate: John Tate: an autobiography / J.S. Milne: The Work of John Tate / J.S. Milne

List of publications for John Torrence Tate

Curriculum vitae for John Terrence Tate, Jr.

2011 John W. Milnor

Autobiography / John Milnor

Milnor's work in algebra and its ramifications /Hyman Bass

John Milnor's work in dynamics / Mikail Lyubich

John W. Milnor's work on the classification of differentiable manifolds / L.C. Siebenmann

List of publications for John Willard Milnor

Curriculum vitae for John Willard Milnor

2012 Endre SzemerédiWork in Algebra and Its Ramifications

M.Lyubich: John Milnor's Work in Dynamics

L.C.Siebenmann: John W. Milnor's Work on the Classification of Differentiable Manifolds

List of Publications

Curriculum Vitae

2012 Endre Szemerédi

Autobiography / Endre Szemeréei

The mathematics of Endre Szemerédi / W.T. Gowers

List of publications for Endre Szemerédi

Curriculum vitae for Endre Szemerédi

A letter from Niels Henrik Abel to August Leopold Crelle

Abel and the theory of algebraic equations / Christian Skau

The Abel committee

The Niels Henrick Abel board

The Abel lectures 2003-2012

The Abel Laureate presenters 2003-2012

The interviews with Abel Laureates - Addeda, errata and updates,

Notes:

Includes bibligraphical references.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783642394485

3642394485

9783642394492

3642394493

OCLC:

879651362