The Abel Prize 2013-2017

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The book presents the winners of the Abel Prize in mathematics for the period 2013–17: Pierre Deligne (2013); Yakov G. Sinai (2014); John Nash Jr. and Louis Nirenberg (2015); Sir Andrew Wiles (2016); and Yves Meyer (2017). The profiles feature autobiographical information as well as a scholarly description of each mathematician’s work. In addition, each profile contains a Curriculum Vitae, a complete bibliography, and the full citation from the prize committee. The book also includes photos for the period 2003–2017 showing many of the additional activities connected with the Abel Prize. As an added feature, video interviews with the Laureates as well as videos from the prize ceremony are provided at an accompanying website (http://extras.springer.com/). This book follows on The Abel Prize: 2003-2007. The First Five Years (Springer, 2010) and The Abel Prize 2008-2012 (Springer 2014), which profile the work of the previous Abel Prize winners. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Front Matter ....Pages 1-2 Mathematical Autobiography (Pierre Deligne)....Pages 3-11 Pierre Deligne: A Poet of Arithmetic Geometry (Luc Illusie)....Pages 13-152 List of Publications for Pierre R. Deligne (Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 153-162 Curriculum Vitae for Pierre R. Deligne (Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 163-164 Front Matter ....Pages 165-167 Autobiography (Ya. G. Sinai)....Pages 169-173 Sinai’s Dynamical System Perspective on Mathematical Fluid Dynamics (Carlo Boldrighini, Dong Li)....Pages 175-194 Billiards (Leonid Bunimovich)....Pages 195-205 Ya.G. Sinai’s Work on Number Theory (F. Cellarosi)....Pages 207-220 Entropy Theory of Dynamical Systems (B. Gurevich)....Pages 221-242 Mathematical Physics (Konstantin Khanin)....Pages 243-255 Sinai’s Work on Markov Partitions and SRB Measures (Yakov Pesin)....Pages 257-285 Further Developments of Sinai’s Ideas: The Boltzmann–Sinai Hypothesis (Nándor Simányi)....Pages 287-298 Markov Approximations and Statistical Properties of Billiards (Domokos Szász)....Pages 299-319 List of Publications for Yakov G. Sinai (Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 321-343 Curriculum Vitae for Yakov Grigorevich Sinai (Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 345-346 Front Matter ....Pages 347-350 Autobiography (John Forbes Nash, Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 351-355 John Nash, His Life (Sylvia Nasar)....Pages 357-377 Autobiography (Louis Nirenberg)....Pages 379-389 The Masterpieces of John Forbes Nash Jr. (Camillo De Lellis)....Pages 391-499 A Few of Louis Nirenberg’s Many Contributions to the Theory of Partial Differential Equations (Robert V. Kohn)....Pages 501-528 List of Publications for John Forbes Nash, Jr. (Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 529-531 List of Publications for Louis Nirenberg (Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 533-545 Curriculum Vitae for John Forbes Nash, Jr. (Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 547-548 Curriculum Vitae for Louis Nirenberg (Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 549-550 Front Matter ....Pages 551-553 First Steps (Andrew Wiles)....Pages 555-560 The Mathematical Works of Andrew Wiles (Christopher Skinner)....Pages 561-622 List of Publications for Sir Andrew J. Wiles (Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 623-625 Curriculum Vitae for Sir Andrew John Wiles, KBE, FRS (Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 627-628 Front Matter ....Pages 629-631 For My Mother (Yves Meyer)....Pages 633-643 A Journey Through the Mathematics of Yves Meyer (Albert Cohen)....Pages 645-701 List of Publications for Yves F. Meyer (Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 703-717 Curriculum Vitae for Yves F. Meyer (Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 719-720 Front Matter ....Pages 721-737 Abel Prize Citations 2003–2012 (Helge Holden, Ragni Piene)....Pages 739-751 Back Matter ....Pages 753-774