Russian mathematician receives the 2014 Abel Prize
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News story | Date: 26/03/2014
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2014 to Yakov G. Sinai (78) of Princeton University, USA, and the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, "for his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics".
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2014 to Yakov G. Sinai (78) of Princeton University, USA, and the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, for his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics.
The President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Nils Chr. Stenseth, announced the winner of the 2014 Abel Prize at the Academy in Oslo today, 26 March. Yakov G. Sinai will receive the Abel Prize from His Royal Highness The Crown Prince at an award ceremony in Oslo on 20 May.
- Sinai is described as one of the 1900s' most influential mathematicians. He has educated and influenced an entire generation of leading specialists in their field of research, and I want to congratulate Yakov Sinai as the winner of the Abel Prize in 2014, says Minister Thorbjorn Røe Isaksen.