Editors:
- Details the history of the Abel Prize in mathematics, which is one of the premier international prizes in mathematics
- Presents the laureates of the second five year period of the Abel Prize, complete with photographs
- Autobiographical information by each laureate, followed by a more extensive review of their work ?
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Abel Prize (AP)
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
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2008 John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits
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2010 John Torrence Tate
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“An ‘invaluable contribution to the history of twentieth-century mathematics’. This book is as well; it is filled with interesting articles and photographs. … in one volume, we have autobiographies, expository essays, photos, and detailed bibliographies. This book is a treasure trove of interesting history and first-rate mathematics.” (Mark Hunacek, The Mathematical Gazette, Vol. 100 (547), 2016)
“This book contains accounts of the work of the prize winners … from the period. … The essays are excellently done. … There are many photographs and a lot of good mathematics. … With the addition of high quality mathematical exposition concerning the work of some of the most important mathematical figures of the past half-century, the book becomes irresistible, a delightful addition to my library.” (Fernando Q. Gouvêa, MAA Reviews, March, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Helge Holden
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Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Ragni Piene
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Abel Prize 2008-2012
Editors: Helge Holden, Ragni Piene
Series Title: The Abel Prize
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39449-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-39448-5Published: 03 February 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51253-1Published: 30 April 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-39449-2Published: 21 January 2014
Series ISSN: 2661-829X
Series E-ISSN: 2661-8303
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 571
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics, general, Computer Science, general, Physics, general