The Abel Prize 2008-2012
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.
| ISBN: | 9783662512531 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 571 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Herausgeber: | Holden, Helge Piene, Ragni |
| Verlag: | Springer Berlin |
| Veröffentlicht: | 30.04.2017 |
| Schlagworte: | Abel Prize History of Contemporary Mathematics |
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