The Abel Prize 20032007 The First Five Years /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Holden, Helge. (Editor), Piene, Ragni. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Mathematics, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01373-7
• Physical Description: XI, 327 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642013737

The book presents the winners of the first five Abel Prizes in mathematics: 2003 Jean-Pierre Serre; 2004 Sir Michael Atiyah and Isadore Singer; 2005 Peter D. Lax; 2006 Lennart Carleson; and 2007 S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan. Each laureate provides an autobiography or an interview, a curriculum vitae, and a complete bibliography. This is complemented by a scholarly description of their work written by leading experts in the field and by a brief history of the Abel Prize.