印度裔美国数学家Varadhan教授荣获2007年度阿贝尔奖

印度裔美国数学家Varadhan教授荣获2007年度阿贝尔奖

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挪威科学与文学院（The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters）2007年3月22日宣布，将2007年度阿贝尔奖授予印度裔美国数学家库朗研究所Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan教授，该项奖金为6,000,000 克郎（约975,000美元) 。挪威国王将于5月22日在颁奖仪式上，向Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan教授颁奖。



Indian American mathematician is awarded the Abel Prize


(Photo: Cheryl Sylivant)

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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