Yitang Zhang has been awarded the Ostrowski Prize for the year 2013

据 Ostrowski 基金会网站 Ostrowski Foundation, 2013 年的 Ostrowski 奖授予张益唐: The Ostrowski Prize for the year 2013 is confered to Yitang Zhang  张益唐从 2014 年开始以访问学者身份加入普林斯顿高等研究院. 他没有任何来自教学或者科研经费的压力, 可以专心的做理论研究. 自1989 年开始, Ostrowski 基金会每两年发一次奖, 奖金 \(100,000\) Swiss francs(瑞士法郎), 奖励 for …

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Geometric Trilogy: Axiomatic, Algebraic and Differential Approaches to Geometry

Spriger 刚刚出版了三卷本的 “Geometric Trilogy: Axiomatic, Algebraic and Differential Approaches to Geometry“, 作者 Francis Borceux. 这三本书的合集厚达 \(1400\) 页. The Trilogy intends to introduce the reader to the multiple complementary aspects of geometry, paying …

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Topological Galois theory

次数 \(\geqslant5\) 的多项式方程根式不可解的证明, 不是只有 Galois theory 这一个办法. 1963 年, V. I. Arnold(June 12, 1937-June 3, 2010) 给出了一个拓扑证明. 这种新的思想, 可以用来解决另外一些经典问题. 随后, Topological Galois theory 就发展起来了. 该理论的建立者是 Askold G. Khovanskii. Askold G. Khovanskii 于 2008 …

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What is fame?–Scientists should experience some adversity

近日, Simon Donaldson, 陈秀雄, 孙崧联名发长文公开指责 Gang Tian 抄袭: On some recent developments in Kahler-Einstein geometry Gang Tian 把答复贴在他在北京国际数学中心的个人主页: Response to CDS 高潮正在继续, 这里无意发表看法. 但感觉吧, 科学家为优先权斗的头破血流, 真是不光彩, 况且几位主角都是有头有脸的人物. 话说回来, 这些名利之争是一回事, 合作还是要继续: Donaldson 和  Tian …

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Primes of the Form \(x^2+ny^2\): Fermat, Class Field Theory, and Complex Multiplication

有事外出, 马上要出发了, 下订单已经一个多月的数论书送到了, 就带在路上看吧! Primes of the Form \(x^2+ny^2\): Fermat, Class Field Theory, and Complex Multiplication David A. Cox,  John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2nd Revised edition 这是第二版哦! 这种题材的书, 朕最喜欢了, …

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