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The Abel Symposium 2004

Alain Connes, Collége de France, Paris gave the first lecture at the  Abel Symposium 2004. (Photo: Samfoto/Svein Erik Dahl)

Alain Connes, Collége de France, Paris gave the first lecture at the Abel Symposium 2004. (Photo: Samfoto/Svein Erik Dahl)

Mathematicians from many countries came to Oslo for the Abel Symposium 2004 (Photo: Samfoto/Svein Erik Dahl)

Mathematicians from many countries came to Oslo for the Abel Symposium 2004 (Photo: Samfoto/Svein Erik Dahl)

Nearly 40 top mathematicians gathered in Oslo for the first Abel Symposium. The theme of the symposium was Operator Algebras in a wide sense.

The symposium was dedicated to the memory of Gert Kjærgaard Pedersen, the pater familias of operator algebraists in Denmark, who died 15 March 2004.

The Board of the Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund established the Abel Symposium as an annual event. The intention is to establish a meetingplace at the highest scientific level in the field of mathematics.

The Abel Symposium is administrated by the Norwegian Mathematical Society.

The Abel Symposium 2004 was organized by a committee headed by professor Ola Bratteli, University of Oslo.

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