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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holden, Helge., Editor.

Piene, Ragni, Editor.

Series:

The Abel Prize, 2661-8303

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics.

History.

Computer science.

Physics.

Astronomy.

History of Mathematical Sciences.

Computer Science.

Physics and Astronomy.

Local Subjects:

History of Mathematical Sciences.

Mathematics.

Computer Science.

Physics and Astronomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (561 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.

Language Note:

English

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:

Preface

K.G. Helsvig: The Abel Prize – the Missing Nobel in Mathematics.- 2008 John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits: J.G.Thompson: Some Reflections.- R. Lyons and R.M.Guralnick: The Work of John Griggs Tompson: A Survey

List of Publications for John G. Thompson

Curriculum Vitae for John G. Thompson

F. Buekenhout: A biography of Jacques Tits

F. Buekenhout: A Report on the Scientific Contributions of Jacques Tits

List of Publications

Curriculum Vitae

2009 Misha Gromov: M.Gromov: A Few Recollections

D.Burago, and Ya. Eliashberg (Eds.): A Few Snapshots From the Work of Mikhail Gromov

2010 John T. Tate Jr.: J.Tate: An Autobiography

J.S. Milne: The Work of John Tate

2011 John W. Milnor: J.Milnor: Autobiography

H.Bass: Milnor's Work 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

2012 Endre Szemerédi.: E. Szemerédi: Autobiography

W.T.Gowers: The Mathematics of Endre Szemerédi

A Letter by Niels Henrik Abel to August Leopold Crelle

C.Skau: Abel and the Theory of Algebraic Equations

Appendices: The Abel Committee

The Niels Henrik Abel Board

The Abel Lectures 2003-2012

The Abel Presenters 2003-2012.- Addenda, Errata and Updates.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

3-642-39449-3

OCLC:

871283473