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Indian-American wins prestigious Abel Prize for mathematics*
Washington, March. 22 (PTI): Indian-American mathematician Srinivasa S R
Varadhan won the prestigious USD 850,000 Abel Prize for mathematics this
year for his "fundamental contributions to probability theory", it was
announced today.
The 67-year-old professor of New York University's (NYU) Courant
Institute of Mathematical Sciences would receive the honour, viewed as
equivalent of a Nobel prize, "in particular for creating a unified
theory of large deviation", the award committee said.
The six million kronor award was created by the Norway government in
2002 to mark the 200th birth anniversary of great Norwegian
mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.
"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," said the citation from The Norwegian
Academy of Science and Letters, according to a release from the NYU.
He is expected to receive the Abel Prize from King Harald V of Norway in
Oslo on May 22.
Professor Varadhan was born in Chennai and received his B.Sc honours
degree and M A from Madras University. He did his Ph.D. from the Indian
Statistical Institute in Kolkata before coming to Courant as a
post-doctoral fellow in 1963.
He has spent his entire professional life there, serving two terms as
its director (1980-1984 and 1992-94).
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<p style="margin-left: 2pt;"><font style="margin-left: 2pt;">Washington,
March. 22 (PTI):
Indian-American mathematician Srinivasa S R Varadhan won the
prestigious USD 850,000 Abel Prize for mathematics this year for his
"fundamental contributions to probability theory", it was announced
today. </font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 2pt;"><font style="margin-left: 2pt;">The
67-year-old professor of New York
University's (NYU) Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences would
receive the honour, viewed as equivalent of a Nobel prize, "in
particular for creating a unified theory of large deviation", the award
committee said. </font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 2pt;"><font style="margin-left: 2pt;">The six
million kronor award was
created by the Norway government in 2002 to mark the 200th birth
anniversary of great Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.
</font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 2pt;"><font style="margin-left: 2pt;">"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," said the
citation from The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, according
to a release from the NYU. </font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 2pt;"><font style="margin-left: 2pt;">He is
expected to receive the Abel Prize from King Harald V of Norway in Oslo
on May 22. </font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 2pt;"><font style="margin-left: 2pt;">Professor
Varadhan was born in Chennai
and received his B.Sc honours degree and M A from Madras University. He
did his Ph.D. from the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata before
coming to Courant as a post-doctoral fellow in 1963. </font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 2pt;"><font style="margin-left: 2pt;">He has
spent his entire professional life there, serving two terms as its
director (1980-1984 and 1992-94).
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