Hebrew University professor awarded prestigious mathematics prize
Elon Lindenstrauss wins Field's Medal, often regarded as the Nobel Prize of mathematics; 'I never imagined I'd win,' Lindenstrauss says.
By Asaf Shtull-Trauring Tags: Israel educationThe International Mathematical Union awarded the prestigious Field's Medal to mathematician and Hebrew University professor Elon Lindenstrauss on Thursday at its quadrennial International Congress of Mathematics in Hyderabad, India.
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Hebrew University professor Elon Lindenstrauss |
| Photo by: Sasson Tiram |
The Field's Medal, regarded as the Nobel Prize of mathematics, was also awarded to Ngo Bao Chau of Universite Paris-Sud in Orsay, France, Stanislav Smirnov of the University of Geneva, Switzerland and Cedric Villani of the Henri Poincare Institute in Paris.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking with Lindenstrauss Thursday on the win, said the occasion represented "a great achievement both for yourself and the State of Israel and we are proud of you."
Prof. Lindenstrauss reportedly told the PM of his desire to stay at the Hebrew University in spite of the many temptations around the world.
Lindenstrauss, who is related to State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss, told Haaretz prior to traveling to India last week that he was surprised to discover he had been selected for the prize. "I knew that I was a candidate but I never imagined I would win," he said.
40-year-old Lindenstrauss is an expert in mathematical dynamics and has applied techniques from this field to other areas, particularly to number theory. "I'm not a number theory person," Elon said, "but I approach this field with my own tools."
Lindenstrauss, the ICM citation says, "has made far-reaching advances in ergodic theory," which studies the statistical behavior of dynamical systems.
The Field's Medal comes with a cash award of $15,000 Canadian.
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Because if you're not teaching Zionist values, you should not be a professor in Israel (according to Im Tirzu ;-) )
israhell is billions of years away from sane mathematics for 3000 years.
Well done.
And at the same time, comments about politics, which has nothing to do with the content of the article, get some positive feedback.
Geez, why do you guys have to get so political and attack Israeli policies or make this a Jewish bragging affair? Just be proud of him and that's it.
But as we , Jews , are always put under a very different standard of judgment we must show to the nations , and I must add that it is quite futile , that we deserve some credit . Mean wile , till that equality happen , I will proudly keep on my Jewish-bragging affair .
First of all congratulations to Prof. Lindenstrauss. On the other hand I think that, forgive my rudeness, these medals are the lowest profile ever assigned, and the only one who really deserves the prize is Prof. Ngô.
...the Nobel prizes do not include mathematics, this is probably the highest achievement/recognition a mathematician can achieve. Congratulation!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm a mathematics student, I know what the fields medal is. No one is questioning the cleverness of this year recipients. What I was trying to say is that this year medalists are not comparable, imho, with people like Grothendieck, Serre, Deligne, Connes, Faltings, Gowers, or the more recent Perelman, Tao and Okunkov, to say some names.
WELL DONE AND CONGRATULATIONS Prof Lindenstrauss on your well-deserved award. We are proud of your achievement and contribution to mathematics. Best wishes to you, your colleagues at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and your partners overseas.
congrats
But also say that they are four winners and 2 of them are french?
A question.. How many nobel prizes did Israelis win in the past 10 years? And how many nobel prizes did those who hate Israel (neo nazis, muslim terrorists, marxist communists) win in the past 100 years? Thank you.
zero. by like you i mean those that name themselves "jewish and proud"
in 1 year? More than what other countries have broken in 100 years
poor ,poor you ,must compensate on Israel ,as if it could help you .. Happy Ramadan and wash the gloomy thoughts out by a hearty gulp of ghee
solve the isreali-palestianian problem
Sure. When it's done, maybe it can be applied to the Pakistan-India problem?
lead by example,talk is cheap