Holden / Piene The Abel Prize 2008-2012

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-642-39449-2
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 571 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: The Abel Prize

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holden, Helge

Piene, Ragni

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.