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020			_a9783662512531
028			_a;Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. _b;E/261, Shastri Nagar Delhi _c;TB5848 _d;28/03/2022
082			_a510.9 HOL
100			_aHolden, Helge.
245			_aThe Abel Prize 2008-2012 _c/ Helge Holden
260			_aHeidelberg Norway _b: Springer, _c@2014.
300			_axvii, 571p. _c24cm.
365			_b5962
505			_aPreface -- 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.
520			_aCovering 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
650			_aMathematics
650			_aMathematics -- Awards.
650			_aMathematics -- Awards.
650			_aMathematics.
650			_aHistory of Mathematical Sciences.
650			_aMathematics, general.
650			_aMATHEMATICS -- Essays.
650			_aMATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus.
650			_aMATHEMATICS -- Reference.
700			_aHolden, Helge.
700			_aPiene, Ragni
942			_cBOOK
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