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Wolf prize in mathematics. Vol. 2. (English) Zbl 1030.01001

Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. xiii, 918 p. (2001).
The second volume consists of inspiring life sketches, curricula vitae, autobiographical accounts, bibliographical details and significant mathematical contributions of 19 Wolf prize winners listed below with the exception that the life sketch of Andrew J. Wiles is not included. The number associated with a name is the year of award.
Raoul Bott (2000), Alberto Pedro Calderón (1989), Andrej Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (1980), Mark Grigor’evich Krein (1982), Peter D. Lax (1987), Hans Lewy (1984/5), Lászlo Lovász (1999), John W. Milnor (1989), Jürgen K. Moser (1994/5), Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro (1990), Jean-Pierre Serre (2000), Carl Ludwig Siegel (1978), Yakov G. Sinai (1996/7), Elias M. Stein (1999), Jacques Tits (1993), André Weil (1979), Hassler Whitney (1982), Andrew J. Wiles (1995/6) and Oscar Zariski (1981).
Besides a correction (for Lars Hörmander’s contribution, Vol. 1), photos of 39 Wolf prize winners including two winners – Vladimir I. Arnold (born 1937) and Saharon Shelah (born 1945) – of the year 2001 are given at the end.
{For the review of Vol. 1, see Zbl 0972.01032.}

MSC:

01-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography
01A60 History of mathematics in the 20th century
01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies

Citations:

Zbl 0972.01032
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