The U of A SIAM Chapter will meet to watch the Honorary Lecture by 2018 Fields medalist Alessio Figalli. You are invited to join us.
Video Lecture: “The beauty of nature and the art of problem-solving.”
Date : Monday, October 22, 2018, 5:00-6:00PM
Location : SCEN 322
Alessio Figalli, Professor of Mathematics at ETH Zurich, was awarded the Fields Medal on August 1st, 2018 for his outstanding contribution to mathematical research. The Fields Medal is the most prestigious award in the field of mathematics and equivalent to the Nobel Prize for natural sciences. It is awarded in recognition of an outstanding mathematical discovery made before the age of 40.
His contributions to the theory of optimal transport and its applications in partial differential equations, metric geometry, and probability. Among several contributions, he solved a problem dating back over 20 years involving the so-called Monge-Ampère equation, a famous partial differential equation that was introduced in the 19th century and is now applied in many different areas, including urban planning, imaging and meteorology.
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