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Dennis P. Sullivan (left) and Shing-Tung Yau (right) have been selected to receive the 2010 Wolf Prize in Mathematics. Sullivan, who has joint appointments at the City University of New York and at Stony Brook University, has used his geometric insights to make fundamental contributions to diverse branches of mathematics, including homotopy theory, dynamical systems, and low-dimensional topology. Known as much for his specific results as for his cohesive vision of mathematics, Sullivan has been responsible for the recent emergence of conformal dynamics as a lively area of research and for the launching of the field of string topology. He received the AMS Veblen Prize in 1971 and the AMS Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement in 2006. Yau, of Harvard University, is one of the pioneers of the applications of nonlinear analysis in differential geometry. Together with his students and collaborators, he is responsible for a large part of the progress in geometric analysis over the last 30 years. His results and ideas in this area have been very influential in many branches of geometry and in mathematical physics. Yau received the AMS Veblen Prize in 1981 and the Fields Medal in 1982. Sullivan and Yau will share the US$100,000 Wolf Prize, which will be presented at a ceremony in Israel in May 2010.
丘成桐将获得有数学家终身成就奖之称的沃尔夫数学奖。沃尔夫奖表彰他在几何分析领域的贡献,在几何和物理的多个领域都产生的“深刻而引人注目的影响”。
2010年沃尔夫奖颁奖典礼定于5月13日在耶路撒冷举行,届时丘成桐将与美国数学家丹尼斯.沙利文分享这笔10万美元的奖金。
至此,丘成桐已经囊括数学界两大最高奖项。早在1982年,他就获得40岁以下数学家最高奖——国际数学 联盟菲尔兹奖,而沃尔夫数学奖则被视为终身成就的象征。 丘成桐已经囊括菲尔兹奖、沃尔夫奖、克莱福特奖这三个世界顶 级大奖,历史上仅有两位数学家囊括这三大奖项,另一位是比利时数学家德利涅。
丘成桐得奖还为沃尔夫奖创造了另一佳话:他是继自己的导师陈省身之后,第二位获得沃尔夫数学奖的华人。
沃尔夫奖介绍:
沃尔夫数学奖和菲尔兹奖被共同誉为数学界的最高荣誉。由于菲尔兹奖只授予40岁以下的年轻数学家,所以年纪较大的数学家没有获奖的可能。1976年1月,R.沃尔夫及其家族捐献一千万美元成立了沃尔夫基金会,设有数学、物理、化学、医学、农业五个奖(1981年又增设艺术奖)。从1978年开始, 沃尔夫奖每年颁发一次,每个奖的奖金为10万美元,可以由几人分得。由于沃尔夫数学奖具有终身成就奖的性质,所有获得该奖项的数学家都是享誉数坛、闻名遐迩的当代数学大师,他们的成就在相当程度上代表了当代数学的水平和进展。该奖的评奖标准不是单项成就而是终身贡献,获奖的数学大师不仅在某个数学分支上有极深的造诣和卓越贡献,而且都博学多能,涉足多个分支,且均有建树,形成了自己的著名学派,他们是当代不同凡响的数学家。
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