The Abel Prize 2008-2012 (eBook)

Helge Holden, Ragni Piene (Herausgeber)

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2014 | 2014
XVII, 571 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-39449-2 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

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.- List of Publications.- Curriculum Vitae.- 2010 John T. Tate Jr.: J.Tate: An Autobiography.- J.S. Milne: The Work of John Tate.- List of Publications.- Curriculum Vitae.- 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.- List of Publications.- Curriculum Vitae.- 2012 Endre Szemerédi.: E. Szemerédi: Autobiography.- W.T.Gowers: The Mathematics of Endre Szemerédi.- List of Publications.- Curriculum Vitae.- 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.1.2014
• Reihe/Serie: The Abel Prize
• Reihe/Serie: The Abel Prize
• Zusatzinfo: XVII, 571 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Abel Prize • History of Contemporary Mathematics
• ISBN-10: 3-642-39449-3 / 3642394493
• ISBN-13: 978-3-642-39449-2 / 9783642394492