[HN Gopher] 2023 Abel Prize: Luis A. Caffarelli
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2023 Abel Prize: Luis A. Caffarelli
Author : sohkamyung
Score : 71 points
Date : 2023-03-22 11:21 UTC (11 hours ago)
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| uptownfunk wrote:
| >> Not only is Caffarelli remarkable for the depth of his work,
| he is also extraordinarily prolific. He has published 320 papers
| and, aged 74, continues to publish several papers a year. He is
| much loved within the community and has co-written papers with
| more than 130 people, his most frequent collaborator being Avner
| Friedman. Caffarelli's papers have had 19,000 citations, a number
| that testifies to his influence in shaping the field. He has
| advised more than 30 PhD students.
| wslh wrote:
| Argentina has won another world cup. The Guardian reflects it as
| "The Messi of maths: Argentinian Luis Caffarelli wins Abel prize"
| [1]
|
| [1] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/22/the-messi-
| of...
| enriquto wrote:
| ...showing again that the guardian is frivolous anti-
| intellectualism just like the daily mail. They would never name
| a sports player "the Caffarelli of that game".
| borroka wrote:
| I do not read any "frivolous anti-intellectualism" in this
| context. Caffarelli is, for all intents and purposes, unknown
| to the public (unknown even to me, who has a PhD in a field
| adjacent to applied mathematics). Messi is well known (I know
| about him). Both are from Argentina.
|
| Newspapers need people who read articles. It was neither a
| click-baity title (Caffarelli played soccer with Messi!) nor
| an inaccurate one.
| enriquto wrote:
| Genius mathematician and an excellent expositor as well!
|
| One year, he was invited to give the inaugural lecture for
| undergraduate math in my university. The title of the talk was
| something like "four derivations of the heat equation". And it
| was really that, he explained some _independent_ physical models
| to reach the same mathematical formulation. One of them was
| particles moving in random walks, another an out-of focus lens,
| etc. At the end he said that it was important for mathematicians
| to understand the connections between these interpretations
| because they lead to many new insights into the equation. For
| linear equations the story was already pretty well-known, but
| developing the corresponding methods for nonlinear equations was
| an ongoing story on which he was actively participating.
|
| It's not an exaggeration to say that most undergrads could follow
| most of the talk, which may be a unique occurrence as inaugural
| lessons go. Typically lower-level mathematicians that give these
| talks tend to explain complicated proofs; but he did just the
| opposite: only talk about modelling, with subtle side hints at
| methods of proof. The talk was so engaging that many attendees
| became extremely excited to work on nonlinear PDE. (And some of
| them did, to great success!)
| telotortium wrote:
| I'm guessing it's not recorded?
| uptownfunk wrote:
| >> The Abel Prize (/'a:b@l/ AH-b@l; Norwegian: Abelprisen
| ['a:bl,pri:sn]) is awarded annually by the King of Norway to one
| or more outstanding mathematicians.[1] It is named after the
| Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829) and
| directly modeled after the Nobel Prizes.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] It
| comes with a monetary award of 7.5 million Norwegian kroner (NOK;
| increased from 6 million NOK in 2019).
| racl101 wrote:
| Abel prize? Never heard of it. Heard of the Fields Medal.
|
| So is that like Abel... like the guy who Abelian groups are named
| after, or Abel from Abel and Cain?
| enriquto wrote:
| > So is that like Abel... like the guy who Abelian groups are
| named after, or Abel from Abel and Cain?
|
| Heh. Who do you think a math prize would be named for?
|
| There are two first-rate great prizes in math, roughly
| equivalent in prestige to the Nobel prize in other scientific
| disciplines. The Fields medal [0] is awarded every 4 years
| since 1950 to young mathematicians who have done outstanding
| work, typically a concrete ground-breaking contribution. The
| Abel prize [1] is awarded every year since 2003 to older
| mathematicians as recognition for an extremely productive and
| influential career. Some mathematicians, like Jean-Pierre Serre
| have won both prizes.
|
| Notice that, as happens with the Nobel prize, some
| extraordinary mathematicians were never awarded either prize,
| even if they clearly merited both. For example V.I. Arnold, who
| at least got the Wolf prize.
|
| [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal
|
| [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Prize
| racl101 wrote:
| Yeah, that second part of the statement was a dumb joke from
| me. But maybe it was a different Abel from the ones I listed.
| passion__desire wrote:
| Michael J. Hopkins: The great wild manifold rodeo: Dennis
| Sullivan in algebraic topology (Abel Exposition Lecture)
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyBjMY2sDdE
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