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Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis receive Abel Prize
Hillel Furstenberg of Israel and Russian-American Gregory Margulis are the recipients of the prestigious Abel Prize for the year 2020, one of the highest awards in the field of Mathematics. The two mathematicians were selected for introducing the use of methods from probability and dynamics in group theory, number theory and combinatorics. They were the ..
Topics: Abel Prize • Fields of mathematics • Mathematics awards
Abel Prize, 2020 to Hillel Frustenberg and Gregory Margulis
The Norwegian Academy of Science is to award the Abel Prize for the year 2020 to the two great mathematicians Hillel Frustenberg and Gregory Margulis. They are being honoured for their work towards probability and dynamics in number theory, combinatorics and Group Theory. Hillel Frustenberg He is an American-Israeli mathematician at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Abel Prize • Awards • Gregory Margulis • Hillel Frustenberg • Mathematician • Mathematics • Norway
Karen Uhlenbeck becomes First Woman to Win Prestigious Abel Prize
US Mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck has been chosen for the Abel Prize 2019 for her fundamental work in geometric analysis and gauge theory, which has dramatically changed the mathematical landscape. Karen Uhlenbeck’s theories have revolutionised the understanding of minimal surfaces, such as those formed by soap bubbles, and more general minimization problems in higher dimensions Karen ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Abel Prize • Abel Prize 2019 • Karen Uhlenbeck • Niels Henrik Abel • Norway • Norwegian Kroner • Oslo • S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Karen Uhlenbeck recipient of 2019 Abel Prize for mathematics
Prof. Karen Uhlenbeck of the University of Texas at Austin has become first woman to win the Abel Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious international mathematics awards. The award is sometimes called the Nobel Prize of mathematics. She has been awarded the 6 million Norwegian kroner ($700,000) prize for her work in the fields ..
Topics: Abel Prize • Awards • Guggenheim Fellows • Karen Uhlenbeck • Mathematics • Mathematics awards • Niels Henrik Abel • Wolf Prize in Mathematics • Women in physics
Canadian mathematician Robert P. Langlands wins Abel Prize 2018
Canadian mathematician Robert P. Langlands (81) has won prestigious Abel Prize 2018 for his visionary programme connecting representation theory to number theory. He will receive the award from Norway’s King Harald V at an award ceremony in Oslo in May 2018. Robert Phelan Langlands He was born on October 6, 1936 at New Westminster, British ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Abel Prize • Abel Prize 2018 • Awards • Canada • Langlands program • Mathematics • Norway • Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters • Number Theory • Persons in News • Representation Theory