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The Abel Lectures 2008

Date: 21.05.2008
Time: 10:00 - 15:45
Location: University of Oslo, Georg Sverdrups hus

Abel Laureates John Griggs Thompson and Jacques Tits will give their prize lectures at the University of Oslo. Invited speakers: Michel Broué and Alex Lubotzky.

Coffee and fruit will be served from 9:30

10.00

Opening Speech by Rektor Geir Ellingsrud, UiO

10.15

John Thompson: Dirichlet series and SL(2,Z), Chair: Sir John Kingman

11.00

Coffee Break

11.15

Jacques Tits: Algebraic simple groups and buildings, Chair: Hans Föllmer

12-14.00

Lunch

14.00

Michel Broué: Building Cathedrals and breaking down Reinforced Concrete Walls, Chair: Dusa McDuff

14.45

Coffee Break

15.00

Alex Lubotzky: Simple groups, buildings and applications, Chair: Efim Zelmanov

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24.03.2010

12:00 - 12:45

Abel Prize announcement

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

The name of the 2010 Abel Laureate will be announced by the President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Nils Christian Stenseth.

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25.05.2010

14:00 - 14:45

Abel Prize Award Ceremony

Gamle Logen, Grev Wedels plass 2, Oslo

The Abel Laureate will receive the prize at an award ceremony in Oslo, Norway.

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19.08.2010 - 27.08.2010

International Congress of Mathematicians

International Convention Centre, Hyderabad, India

Mathematicians from all over the world will gather in Hyderabad, India for the ICM2010.

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28.09.2010 - 01.10.2010

The Abel Symposium 2010

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

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