The Abel Lectures
Avi Wigderson, Professor at the School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton will be delivering this year's Science Lecture at the University of Oslo, on May 23rd. The lecture is called Randomness and pseudorandomness, and is one of four lectures to be held this day in connection with the Abel Prize week. The other speakers are Abel Laureate Endre Szemerédi, László Lovász and Timothy Gowers.
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Huge interest for Abel Prize announcement in Budapest
Norway's Ambassador to Hungary, Siri Ellen Sletner, announced officially the decision of the Abel Committee to award the 2012 Abel Prize to Professor Endre Szemeredi for his fundamental contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, and in recognition of the profound and lasting impact of these contributions on additive number theory and ergodic theory. The announcement took place at a press conference at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest.
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Congratulations from AMS President
Eric M. Friedlander, President of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), congratulates Endre Szemerédi with the 2012 Abel Prize. "On behalf of the American Mathematical Society, I heartily congratulate Endre Szemerédi upon his award of the 2012 Abel Prize. Professor Szemerédi has made many deep and important contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. His many remarkable results across a wide spectrum of discrete mathematics continue to have a forceful impact on current research in number theory, combinatorics, and ergodic theory."
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Welcome to the Abel Prize
The Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund was established on 1 January 2002, to award the Abel Prize for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics. The prize amount is 6 million NOK (about 750,000 Euro) and was awarded for the first time on 3 June 2003.
Arrangementer i tiden fremover
21 May 2012 at 17:00
Wreath-laying ceremony at the Abel Monument
Location: Royal Palace grounds, Oslo
Abel Laureate Endre Szemerédi will honour Niels Henrik Abel by laying down a wreath at the Abel Monument.
21 May 2012 at 18:00
Dinner in honour of the Abel Laureate
Location: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
The Norwegian Academy will host a dinner in honour of Abel Laureate Endre Szemerédi.
22 May 2012 at 12:00
Audience at the Royal Palace
Location: Royal Palace, Oslo
Abel Laureate Endre Szemerédi will be received in audience at the Royal Palace.
22 May 2012 at 14:00
Abel Prize Award Ceremony
Location: University Aula, Oslo
King Harald will present the Abel Prize to Endre Szemerédi at an award ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
22 May 2012 at 19:00
Banquet at Akershus Castle
Location: Akershus Castle, Oslo
The Norwegian government will give a banquet in honour of Abel Laureate Endre Szemerédi at Akershus Castle. King Harald and Kristin Halvorsen, Minister of Education and Research will be present.
23 May 2012 at 10:00 - 23 May 2012 at 15:15
The Abel Lectures and Science Lecture 2012
Location: Georg Sverdrups hus, Aud. 1, University of Oslo
Abel Laureate Endre Szemerédi will give his Abel Prize Lecture at the University of Oslo. The two other Abel Lectures will be given by László Lovász and Timothy Gowers. The Science Lecture will be delivered by Avi Wigderson.
2011: John Milnor
2010: John Torrence Tate
2009: Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov
2008: John Griggs Thompson
and Jacques Tits
2007: Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan
2006: Lennart Carleson
2005: Peter D. Lax
2004: Sir Michael Francis Atiyah
and Isadore M. Singer
2003: Jean-Pierre Serre
The exceptional Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel was born on 5 August 1802. When he died, only 26 years old, he left a large body of work, including the first proof of the general binomial theorem, which had been stated by Newton and Euler.
We present his life story and links to his works in the Niels Henrik Abel section of this website.
collaborates with the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters to stimulate the interest in mathematics both domestically and internationally, in particular aimed at children and the young and the developing countries.
The Board for the Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund has established an annual Abel Symposium, which is administrated by the Norwegian Mathematical Society.
The Abel Symposium 2012
The Abel Symposium “Operator-Related Function Theory and Time-Frequency Analysis” will be organized August 21–24, 2012, in Oslo, Norway.