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What is the index theorem?
Professor John Rognes explains the index theorem. (Foto: Lise Åserud/Scanpix) This year's Abel Prize was awarded jointly to Michael Francis Atiyah and Isadore M. Singer for their discovery and proof of the index theorem. After the announcement professor John Rognes gave a lecture explaining the index theorem. The Abel Committee referred to the index theorem as "one of the great landmarks of 20th century". In the forty years since its discovery, the theorem has had innumerable applications, first in mathematics, and then, beginning in the late 1970s, in theoretical physics.
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LATEST NEWSErnesto Lupercio wins the Ramanujan Prize
Professor Ernesto Lupercio, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico, has been named the winner of the 2009 Srinivasa Ramanujan Prize. This was announced today, 22nd of December by the International Centre of Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. The award ceremony will take place in Trieste in the summer of 2010. Read more 22.12.2009 13:55 New book about the Abel Laureates 2003-07Springer has published the book "The Abel Prize 2003-2007. The First Five Years" that contains presentations of the first 5 years' winners, J.-P. Serre (2003), Sir M. Atiyah and I. Singer (2004), P. Lax (2005), L. Carleson (2006) and S.R.S. Varadhan (2007). Each laureate provides an autobiography or an interview, a CV, and a complete bibliography. Read more 16.12.2009 13:00 Mikhail Gromov received the Abel Prize from King Harald
The Russian-French mathematician Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France received the 2009 Abel Prize from His Majesty King Harald at an award ceremony in Oslo today, 19 May. Her Majesty Queen Sonja also attended the award ceremony. The Minister of Research and Higher Education, Tora Aasland, was among the many other prominent persons present. The Abel Prize that carries a cash award of NOK 6,000,000 (close to € 700,000, US$ 950,000), is awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Read more 19.05.2009 17:01 Brazilian mathematician Enrique R. Pujals to receive pestigious math prize
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) will present its annual Ramanujan Prize for young mathematicians from developing countries at an awards ceremony to be held at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in Oslo on 20 May. Read more 15.05.2009 17:17 Misha is a driving force at IHÉS, says Director Bourguignon
"The decision of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences to award the Abel Prize 2009 to Misha Gromov is great news for me, as Director of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques. Misha has been a driving force of the Institute for more than a quarter of a century now, attracting scientists working in many different disciplines. Read more 31.03.2009 14:49 |
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