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The Abel Prize Award Ceremony May 20, 2014 the University Aula, Oslo PMS 877 C AWARD CEREMONY 2014 Negative CMYK The Abel Prize Award Ceremony May 20, 2014 The University Aula, Oslo Procession accompanied by the “Abel Fanfare” (Klaus Sandvik) Performed by musicians from The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon enters the University Aula Improvisations on Bulgarian traditional music Stian Carstensen, accordeon Opening speech by Professor Nils Chr. Stenseth President of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Sea-Shell Music: Carl Engel The Abel Committee’s Citation by Professor Ragni Piene Chair of the Abel Committee His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon presents the Abel Prize to Yakov G. Sinai Acceptance speech by Abel Laureate Yakov G. Sinai Baroque Bach Mountain Music: Trad./Gammalgrass His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon leaves the University Aula Procession leaves The Prize Ceremony will be followed by a reception at Midtgolvet in Det Norske Teatret. During the reception, Yakov Sinai will be interviewed by Tonje Steinsland. More info on page 15. the most bridges connecting the world of deterministic (dynamical) systems with the Professor Yakov G. Sinai world of probabilistic (stochastic) systems. Perhaps it is only to be expected that he Princeton University, USA, and Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian is the author of an article titled “Mathematicians and Physicists = Cats and Dogs?” Academy of Sciences During the past half-century Yakov Sinai has written more than 250 research papers Abel Laureate 2014 and a number of books. Sinai and his wife Elena B. Vul, a mathematician and physi- cist, have also written a number of joint papers. Yakov Sinai has supervised more “for his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, ergodic than 50 Ph.D. students. The deep contributions made by Sinai early in his career theory, and mathematical physics” led to his being invited to lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Yakov G. Sinai was born on 21 Stockholm in 1962. In 2001 he was appointed Chairman of the Fields Medal Com- September 1935 in Moscow, Russia. mittee of International Mathematical Union Both of his parents, Gregory Sinai and Nadezda Kagan, were microbiologists Yakov Sinai has received many distinguished international awards. In 2013 he was with research careers. His grandfa- awarded the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the American ther, the mathematician Benjamin Mathematical Society. Other awards include the Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1997), Fedorovich Kagan, was head of the the Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2002), the Henri Poincaré Prize from the Department of Differential Geometry at International Association of Mathematical Physics (2009) and the Dobrushin Interna- Moscow State University. Kagan had tional Prize from the Institute of Information Transmission of the Russian Academy of great influence on his grandson. Yakov Sciences (2009). Among his many recognitions are the Boltzmann Gold Medal from Sinai received his B.S. (1957), his Ph.D. the Commission on Statistical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied (1960), and his doctorate (1963) from Physics (1986) and the Dirac Medal from the Abdus Salam International Centre for Moscow State University. His advisor Theoretical Physics in Trieste (1992). was the prominent Andrey Kolmogorov. Sinai was a Scientific Researcher at the Many mathematical societies and academies have elected Sinai to membership or Photo: Princeton University/Department of mathematics Laboratory of Probabilistic and Statisti- honorary membership: the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1983), the cal Methods at Moscow State University from 1960 to 1971. In 1971 he became Russian Academy of Sciences (1991), the London Mathematical Society (1992), a Professor at Moscow State University and a Senior Researcher at the Landau the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1993), the United States National Academy of Institute of Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Since 1993 he has Sciences (1999), the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (2000), the Academia Europaea been a Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, USA, but has concurrently (2008), the Polish Academy of Sciences (2009) and the Royal Society of London kept his position at the Landau Institute of Theoretical Physics. (2009). Yakov Sinai is one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. He Professor Sinai is also respected as a teacher at Princeton. In the words of a former has achieved numerous groundbreaking results in the theory of dynamical sys- student, “It’s quite inspirational to be in his class … People feel an immediate urge to tems, in mathematical physics and in probability theory. Many mathematical results participate – there is a radiance which comes from him and inspires us.” He is also are named after him, including Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy, Sinai's billiards, Sinai's known for his persistence in the face of obstacles, be they bureaucratic or theoreti- random walk, Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen measures, and Pirogov-Sinai theory. Sinai is highly cal, a trait which has served him well throughout the years. respected in both physics and mathematics communities as the major architect of 4 5 this type of cooperation with the public sector - cooperation with a long-term perspec- Professor Nils Chr. Stenseth tive. President of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Most of all, the Abel Prize – and the prize winners – shall give inspiration to other math- Your Royal Highness, Minister, Your Excellencies, ematicians and aspiring mathematicians and to young people with talent in mathemat- Dear Abel Prize Laureate Professor Yakov G. Sinai, ics. The prize winner will be - as he/she should be – a role model for talented young Dear friends of long-term, basic research, ladies and researchers. Starting last year, this role model role has been systematised through gentlemen, The Heidelberg Laureate Forum. Young researchers from around the whole world are invited to this forum to meet former recipients of four important prizes in mathemat- ics and computer science: the Abel Prize, the Fields Medal, the Turing Award and the On behalf of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, it is a great joy and Nevanlinna Prize. This is a splendid example of interaction between market and cathe- honour for me to welcome you to this year’s Abel Prize Award Ceremony. dral - the business community and academia. We need more people who can help to highlight this kind of top-level research and thereby encourage even more outstanding research of this sort. I would like to thank the German entrépreneur, Dr. Klaus Tschira, The Abel Prize has several main objectives: First, it shall give distinction to mathemati- for having taken the initiative to launch this forum and for having established a fund that cians who have made a fundamental contribution to the development of the field of will ensure the future of these events where former prize winners and talented young mathematics. Second, the prize – and the prize winners – shall inspire the research researchers from around the whole world can meet - to their mutual inspiration. community in general and mathematicians throughout the world in particular. Third, through the example set by the recipient of the prize, it shall motivate young people to become involved in mathematical research – and in the broadest sense convey to Indeed, society is dependent on mathematics at all levels. It is my conviction that the the greater public the importance of basic mathematical research and basic research Abel Prize, with its many activities for young people, and now the annual Heidelberg in general. In the statutes of the Abel Prize, it is written that “The Prize shall help boost Laureate Forum will play a major role in strengthening interest in the subject of math- the status of the field of mathematics in society and stimulate children and youth to ematics among our young people. I will go so far as to assert that this type of prize become interested in mathematics”. and the activities associated with it will improve research's repute and give it a stronger platform in society. Certainly it supports the awareness of this excellent research - exactly the kind of high-level research that we are dependent on in order to further Mathematics is one of the very most important professional disciplines - it is the develop our knowledge-based society and our whole culture. The fact that Oslo's foundation to all of natural science. What’s more, mathematics is extremely important main street, Karl Johan, is festively decorated with Abel banners serves as a fantastic in many other disciplines in addition to the natural sciences. That is why mathematics springboard for calling attention to the importance of outstanding basic research, and demands people's - and the authorities' - attention. the work done by the Abel Board has provided an excellent foundation. New this year is the presentation of two films at Victoria Cinema here in Oslo: «How I came to hate One of the main tasks of the Abel Board is to help realise the whole range of the Abel maths» and «Colors of math», both featuring the mathematician Cédric Villani, himself Prize's intentions by stimulating interest in mathematics among children and youth. a member of the Abel Committee who selects the prize winner. These films will later be One way of doing this is the Norwegian Mathematical Olympiad (the Norwegian Math- shown at the Bergen International Film Festival this autumn. This is promotion of math- ematical Olympis), which is usually just called the Abel Competition. Another way is the ematics at its best. Let me take the opportunity to thank the Abel Board, and not least UngeAbel contest for teams of pupils in ninth grade which was organized for the first its chairman, Professor Helge Holden, for the splendid work that they are doing in order time this year. Contests of this sort are important, but it is even more important to have to reap the benefits of the Abel Prize far beyond the ranks of mathematicians.
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