Helge Holden & Ragni Piene 
The Abel Prize 
2003-2007 The First Five Years

The book presents the winners of the first five Abel Prizes in mathematics: 2003 Jean-Pierre Serre; 2004 Sir Michael Atiyah and Isadore Singer; 2005 Peter D. Lax; 2006 Lennart Carleson; and 2007 S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan. 

Each laureate provides an autobiography or an interview, a curriculum vitae, and a complete bibliography. This is complemented by a scholarly description of their work written by leading experts in the field and by a brief history of the Abel Prize. Interviews with the laureates can be found at http://extras.springer.com .

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The History of the Abel Prize and the Honorary Abel Prize.- The History of the Abel Prize.- 2002—an Honorary Abel Prize to Atle Selberg.- 2003 Jean-Pierre Serre.- Jean-Pierre Serre: Mon premier demi-siècle au Collège de France / Jean-Pierre Serre: My First Fifty Years at the Collège de France.- Jean-Pierre Serre: An Overview of His Work.- List of Publications for Jean-Pierre Serre.- 2004 Sir Michael Atiyah and Isadore M. Singer.- Autobiography.- Autobiography.- The Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem.- List of Publications for Sir Michael Atiyah and Isadore M. Singer.- 2005 Peter D. Lax.- Autobiography.- A Survey of Peter D. Lax’s Contributions to Mathematics.- List of Publications for Peter D. Lax.- 2006 Lennart Carleson.- Reflections on My Life as a Mathematician.- Carleson for Beginners.- List of Publications for Lennart Carleson.- 2007 S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan.- Autobiography.- A Personal Perspective on Raghu Varadhan’s Role in the Development of Stochastic Analysis.- List of Publications for S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan.