Vincitori del 1998
Queste sono le schede dei giovani matematici premiati con il prestigioso premio, nell'anno 1998.
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Nome:
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Richard E. BORCHERDS
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Nato il:
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29 Novembre 1969
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San Francisco (USA)
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Universitá:
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Cambridge University
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Received
a medal for his work in the fields of algebra and geometry, in
particular for his proof of the so-called Moonshine conjecture. This
conjecture was formulated at the end of the '70s by the British
mathematicians John Conway and Simon Norton and presents two
mathematical structures in such an unexpected relationship that the
experts gave it the name "Moonshine".
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Maxim KONTSEVIC
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Nato il:
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20 Novembre 1963
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A:
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Lione (Francia)
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Universitá:
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Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques
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| Has established a reputation in pure mathematics and theoretical physics, with influential ideas and deep insights. He has been influenced by the work of Richard Feynmann and Edward Witten. Kontsevich is an expert in the so-called "string theory" and in quantum field theory. He made his name with contributions to four problems of geometry. He was able to prove a conjecture of Witten and demonstrate the mathematical equivalence of two models of so-called quantum gravitation. The quantum theory of gravity is an intermediate step towards a complete unified theory. | ||
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William Timothy GOWERS
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Nato il:
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20 Novembre 1963
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Michigan (Usa)
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Universitá:
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Cambridge University
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Has
provided important contributions to functional analysis, making
extensive use of methods from combinatorial theory. These two fields
apparently have little to do with each other, and a significant
achievement of Gowers has been to combine these fruitfully. Functional
analysis and combinatorial analysis have in common that many of their
problems are relatively easy to formulate, but extremely difficult to
solve.
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Nome:
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Curtis T. McMULLEN
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Nato il:
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21 Maggio 1958
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Inghilterra
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Universitá:
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Harvard University
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| Has been awarded a medal primarily in recognition of his work in the fields of geometry and "complex dynamics," a branch of the theory of dynamic systems, better known perhaps as chaos theory. McMullen has made contributions in numerous fields of mathematics and fringe areas. He already provided one important result in his doctoral thesis. The question was how to calculate all the solutions of an arbitrary equation. For simple equations it is possible to obtain the solutions by simple rearrangement. For most equations, however it is necessary to use approximation. | ||
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