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.

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

Inhalt
Preface.- 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.

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