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Abel Prize 2008-2012 / [edited by] Helge Holden and Ragni Piene.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berlin : Springer-Verlag 2014.Description: xvii, 571 p. ; illustrations (some color)ISBN:
  • 9783642394485 (hard cover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 H726 510.9
Contents:
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.
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.
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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.

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.

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