[FISIKA] a revolutionary new mathematics

[miko]

A press release from the Academy stated that Kontsevich and Witten
"have used the methodology of physics to develop a revolutionary new
mathematics intended for the study of various types of geometrical
objects.


Their work is not only of great interest in the discipline of
mathematics but may also find applications in totally different
areas.

Its results are of considerable value for physics and research into
the fundamental laws of nature.

According to string theory, which is an ambitious attempt to formulate
a theory for all the natural forces, the smallest particles of which
the Universe is composed are vibrating strings.

This theory predicts the existence of additional dimensions and requires
very advanced mathematics.

The laureates have resolved several important mathematical problems
related to string theory and have in this way paved the way for its
further development."

The Academy has also put on the web a popular article describing their
work. [Item posted 1/17/08]


|Maxim Kontsevich (far left) of the Institut des Hautes Études
|Scientifiques in Bures-sur-Yvette, France, and Edward Witten
|(at left) of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ,
|USA, have received the 2008 Crafoord Prize in Mathematics from
|the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Receiving the Crafoord
|Prize in Astronomy is Rashid Sunyaev of the Russian Academy of
|Sciences, Moscow, and Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics,
|Garching, Germany. Half of the US$500,000 prize will go to
|Kontsevich and Witten, and half will go to Sunyaev. Kontsevich
|and Witten were cited "for their important contributions to
|mathematics inspired by modern theoretical physics."


Kontsevich and Witten Receive 2008 Crafoord Prize
[http://www. ams. org/news/home-news.html]

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