The Abel lectures is a tradition during the week-long celebration of the Abel Prize, which is awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.
This year's winner Luis Caffarelli will commence the event with his award lecture, followed by the esteemed mathematicians Sylvia Serfaty, Alessio Figalli and Luis Silvestre.
The lectures are free and open to all, but due to lunch preparations, participation must be registered in advance.
Programme
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10.00–10.15: Welcome
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Helge Holden, moderator/head of the Abel committee
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Per Morten Sandset, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation at UiO
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Lise Øvreås, president of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letter
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10.15–11.10: Abel prize winner Luis A. Caffarelli
"Non-linear and non-local surface structure problems and some of its application"
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11.10–12.05: Professor Sylvia Serfaty
"From diffusions to fluid equations: the question of regularity"
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12.05–13.00: Lunch
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13.00–13.55: Professor Alessio Figalli
"From elastic membranes to ice melting"
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14.00–14.55: Professor Luis Silvestre:
"Fully nonlinear elliptic equations and applications" -
14.55–15.00: Conclusion
By chairperson of the board of the Abel prize, Professor Ingrid Glad
The lectures will be live-streamed from the Abel Prize's YouTube channel
See also: The Abel Prize Award Ceremony 2023
About the Abel Prize
Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829) was a mathematical genius and one of Norway's foremost mathematicians of all times. He formulated questions that remain central in today's mathematics.
The history of the prize goes all the way back to 1899, when the Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie learned that Alfred Nobel's plans for annual prizes would not include a prize in mathematics and suggested establishing one.
At this time, Norway was in a union with Sweden, plans to establish a mathematics prize were disrupted by the dissolution of the union in 1905.
Almost a century later, in 2022, Norway's government established the Abel Prize.