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Interviews with the Abel Prize Laureates 2003-2016 / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau, editors.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Raussen, Martin, 1954- editor.
Skau, Christian, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mathematicians--Awards.
Mathematicians.
Mathematicians--Interviews.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (302 pages)
Place of Publication:
Zuerich, Switzerland : European Mathematical Society Publishing House, 2017
System Details:
text file PDF
Summary:
The Abel Prize was established in 2002 by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. It has been awarded annually to mathematicians in recognition of pioneering scientific achievements. Since the first occasion in 2003, Martin Raussen and Christian Skau have had the opportunity to conduct extensive interviews with the laureates. The interviews were broadcast by Norwegian television; moreover, they have appeared in the membership journals of several mathematical societies. The interviews from the period 2003 - 2016 have now been collected in this edition. They highlight the mathematical achievements of the laureates in a historical perspective and they try to unravel the way in which the world's most famous mathematicians conceive and judge their results, how they collaborate with peers and students, and how they perceive the importance of mathematics for society.
Contents:
Abel Prize 2003: Jean-Pierre Serre / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
Abel Prize 2004: Sir Michael Francis Atiyah and Isadore M. Singer / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
Abel Prize 2005: Peter D. Lax / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
Abel Prize 2006: Lennart Carleson / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
Abel Prize 2007: Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
Abel Prize 2008: John Griggs Thompson and Jacques Tits / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
Abel Prize 2009: Mikhail Gromov / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
Abel Prize 2010: John Tate / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
Abel Prize 2011: John Milnor / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
Abel Prize 2012: Endre Szemerédi / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
Abel Prize 2013: Pierre Deligne / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
Abel Prize 2014: Yakov G. Sinai / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
Abel Prize 2015: John F. Nash, Jr. and Louis Nirenberg / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
Abel Prize 2016: Sir Andrew J. Wiles / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau
An Imaginary Interview with Niels Henrik Abel / Martin Raussen, Christian F. Skau.
ISBN:
3037196777

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