不久前，刚刚揭晓了09年度的Abel奖。65岁的俄裔法国数学家Mikhail Gromov因其“对几何学革命性的贡献”获得该奖。奖金95万美元。

回顾从03年该奖设立至今，

        2003年∶让-皮埃尔·塞尔（法兰西学院）

　　2004年∶迈克尔·阿蒂亚（爱丁堡大学）与艾沙道尔·辛格（麻省理工）

　　2005年: Peter D. Lax （纽约大学）（表彰他对求解双曲线型 (hyperbolic) 偏微分方程所做出的贡献。）

　　2006年∶里纳特·卡尔松（瑞典皇家工学院） （表彰他在调和分析和光滑动力系统方面深刻和重大的贡献。）

　　2007年：美籍印度数学家、纽约大学教授斯里尼瓦·瓦拉丹（表彰他在概率论研究方面作出的突出贡献。）

　　2008年：美国佛罗里达大学教授约翰·汤普森（John Griggs Thompson）和法国法兰西学院教授雅克·蒂茨（Jacques Tits）（表彰他们在代数领域特别是在现代群论研究领域所取得的成就。）

 

只有07年的美籍印度数学家、纽约大学教授斯里尼瓦·瓦拉丹是概率学家。

Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan is currently Professor of Mathematics and Frank J. Gould
Professor of Science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York
University.

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for
2007 to Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York.
He receives the prize “for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviation”.

Probability theory is the mathematical tool for analyzing situations governed by
  chance. The theory of large deviations studies the occurrence of rare events. This
subject has concrete applications to fields as diverse as physics, biology, economics, statistics, computer science, and engineering.

Varadhan’s theory of large deviations provides a unifying and efficient method for clarifying a rich variety of phenomena arising in complex stochastic systems, in
fields as diverse as quantum field theory, statistical physics, population dynamics, econometrics and finance, and traffic engineering. It has also greatly expanded our
  ability to use computers to simulate and analyze the occurrence of rare events. Over
the last four decades, the theory of large deviations has become a cornerstone of
modern probability, both pure and applied.

“Varadhan’s work has great conceptual strength and ageless beauty. His ideas have
  been hugely influential and will continue to stimulate further research for a long
time”, to quote the Abel Committee.

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