The Abel Prize—The Missing Nobel失踪的若贝尔奖

The Abel Prize—The Missing Nobel失踪的若贝尔奖

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1、TheAbelPrizeTheMissingNobelinMathematics?KimG.HelsvigBythespringof2001,thelobbyingtoestablishaprizeinmathematicsinmemoryoftheNorwegianmathematicianNielsHenrikAbel(18021829)waswellunder-way.OnMay10,ProfessorArnfinnLaudalfromtheDepartmentofMathematicsattheUniversityofOslosentane-mailtothepresidentof

2、theInternationalMathemat-icalUnion,JacobPalis.Laudaldescribedacampaignthatwasrecentlylaunchedbysomeactivistsinthedepartmenttoestablishaprizeinmathematics.TheyhopeditwouldpersuadetheinternationalmathematicalcommunityandNorwegianpoliti-cians...topresenttheAbelPrizeasthemissingNobelPrizeinmathematic

3、s.1Untilquiterecently,nomathematicianhadsuggestedthatthetimewasrighttoestablishascientificprizeinmathematicscomparabletothevariousNobelPrizes.Itistruethatthereexistedseveralinternationalprizesinmathematics,buttheob-viousabsenceofaprizethatcouldbecomparedwiththemostprestigiousprizesinphysics,chemis

4、tryandmedicinehadbeenasourceoffrustrationamongmathe-maticianseversincetheNobelPrizeswerefirstawardedin1901.Themathematicalcommunityhadapparentlylearnedtolivewiththisfrustration,butwhentheinitia-tivetoestablishaprizeinmathematicsonthesamelevelastheNobelwassuddenlyintroducedfromthemathematicalperiph

5、eryofNorway,itwasawakeupcallthatresonatedwithmathematicians.Theinitiativewouldinashorttimegainsupport,notonlyamongNorwegianmathematicians,butalsointheinternationalmathemat-icalcommunityaswellasfrominfluentialsectorsofNorwegiansociety.Onlyafterafewmonthsofthecampaignbeinglaunchedinthespringof2001,t

6、heNorwegiangovernmentdecidedtosetasideNOK200million(approximatelyUSD35million)1E-mailfromProfessorArnfinnLaudal,DepartmentofMathematics,UniversityofOslotothepresidentofIMUJacobPalis,10.5.2001.NilsVojeJohansensprivatearchive,fileAbel-pris(hereafterNVJ).AlsopublishedinCentaurus,DOI10.1111/1600-0498.1

7、2038.K.G.Helsvig(B)Schøningsgt.14B,0362Oslo,Norwaye-mail:k.g.helsvig@gmail.comH.Holden,R.Piene(eds.),TheAbelPrize2008-2012,1DOI10.1007/978-3-642-39449-2_1,©Springer-VerlagBerlinHeidelberg20142K.G.Helsvigoftherapidlyinc

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