NEWSLETTER OF THE EUROPEAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY S E European June 2017 M M Mathematical Issue 104 E S Society ISSN 1027-488X Feature Andrew Wiles’ Marvellous Proof History The Diversity of Mathematical Cultures Banach and Nikodym on the Bench in Kraków Again Obituary Ludwig Faddeev Discussion Mathematics AND Music? Ludwig D. Faddeev (1934–2017) New journals published by the Editor-in-Chief: Mark Sapir, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA Editors: Goulnara Arzhantseva (University of Vienna, Austria) Frédéric Chapoton (CNRS and Université de Strasbourg, France) Pavel Etingof (Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA) Harald Andrés Helfgott (Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris VI/VII), France) Ivan Losev (Northeastern University, Boston, USA) Volodymyr Nekrashevych (Texas A&M University, College Station, USA) Henry K. 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Vol. 1. 4 issues Philippe Rigollet (MIT, Cambridge, USA) Approx. 400 pages. 17.0 x 24.0 cm Rachel Ward (University of Texas, Austin, USA) Price of subscription: 198¤ online only / 238 ¤ print+online Aims and Scope Mathematical Statistics and Learning will be devoted to the publication of original and high- quality peer-reviewed research articles on mathematical aspects of statistics, including fields such as machine learning, theoretical computer science and signal processing or other areas involving significant statistical questions requiring cutting-edge mathematics. European Mathematical Society Publishing House Scheuchzerstrasse 70 [email protected] Seminar for Applied Mathematics, ETH-Zentrum SEW A21 CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland www.ems-ph.org Contents Editorial Team Editor-in-Chief Vladimir R. Kostic European (Social Media) Valentin Zagrebnov Department of Mathematics Institut de Mathématiques de and Informatics Marseille (UMR 7373) – CMI University of Novi Sad Mathematical Technopôle Château-Gombert 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia 39, rue F. Joliot Curie e-mail: [email protected] 13453 Marseille Cedex 13, France Eva Miranda Society e-mail: [email protected] (Research Centres) Department of Mathematics Copy Editor EPSEB, Edifici P Universitat Politècnica Newsletter No. 104, June 2017 Chris Nunn de Catalunya 119 St Michaels Road, Av. del Dr Maran˜on 44–50 Aldershot, GU12 4JW, UK 08028 Barcelona, Spain Editorial: If Mathematicians Unite! – B. Tanbay .......................... 3 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] International Prize “Tullio Levi-Civita” for the Mathematical Editors Vladimir L. Popov and Mechanical Sciences ....................................................... 4 (Features and Discussions) ICIAM Olga Taussky-Todd Lecture 2019 – Call for Nominations ... 4 Ramla Abdellatif Steklov Mathematical Institute (Contacts with SMF) Russian Academy of Sciences The Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize 2017 ................................... 5 LAMFA – UPJV Gubkina 8 Andrew Wiles’ Marvellous Proof – H. Darmon ........................... 7 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France 119991 Moscow, Russia e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] The Diversity of Mathematical Cultures: One Past and Some Possible Futures – K. Chemla ...................................... 14 Jean-Paul Allouche Michael Th. Rassias (Book Reviews) (Problem Corner) Banach and Nikodym on the Bench in Kraków Again – IMJ-PRG, UPMC Institute of Mathematics D. Ciesielska & K. Ciesielski .................................................... 25 4, Place Jussieu, Case 247 University of Zurich 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France Winterthurerstrasse 190 The Institut Mittag-Leffler and its Archives: A Mathematician e-mail: [email protected] 8057 Zürich and his Legacy – E. Kaufholz-Soldat ...................................... 30 e-mail: [email protected] Fernando Pestana da Costa Ludwig Faddeev (1934–2017): His Work and Legacy – I. Aref’eva, (Societies) Volker R. Remmert M. Semenov-Tian-Shansky & L. Takhtajan .............................. 35 Depto de Ciências e Tecnolo- (History of Mathematics) Mathematics AND Music? – C. Krattenthaler .............................. gia, Secção de Matemática, IZWT, Wuppertal University 41 Universidade Aberta, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany Caucasus Mathematical Olympiad – D. 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Juni 136 Spain Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM’17), 10623 Berlin e-mail: [email protected] Barcelona, Spain Germany Prof. Beatrice Pelloni EMS Distinguished Speaker: Mireille Bousquet-Mélou e-mail: [email protected] (2017–2020) http://www.ub.edu/focm2017/ Prof. Armen Sergeev School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences (2017–2020) 17 – 21 July Heriot-Watt University Steklov Mathematical Institute Summer School: Between Geometry and Relativity, Edinburgh EH14 4AS Russian Academy of Sciences ESI Vienna, Austria Gubkina str. 8 UK e-mail: [email protected] 119991 Moscow 23 – 29 July Russia Prof. Betül Tanbay 7th PhD Summer School in Discrete Mathematics, Hotel e-mail: [email protected] (2017–2020) Planja, Rogla, Slovenia Department of Mathematics Bogazici University 24 – 28 July Secretary Bebek 34342 Istanbul 31st European