Two Russians Named Winners of 2008 Shaw Prize in the Mathematical Sciences

Ludwig D. Faddeev and Vladimir I. Arnold have been named winners of this year's Shaw Prize for their contributions to mathematical physics.

Faddeev, born in 1934, is director of the Euler International Mathematical Institute, in St. Petersburg, and is a member of the Russian Acdemy of Sciences. He is perhaps best known in connection with the Three Body System (Faddeev's equation).

Arnold, born in 1937, is chief scientist of the Steklov Mathematical Institute, in Moscow. He is known for the Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem regarding the stability of integrable Hamiltonian systems. Since his solution of Hilbert's thirteenth problem, in 1957, he has done research in dynamical systems, catastrophe theory, topology, algebraic geometry, and singularity theory.

The Shaw Prize consists of three awards--each is one million dollars--for contributions to the Mathematical Sciences; Astronomy; and Life Science and Medicine. The annual presentation ceremony, which is the fifth thus far, is scheduled for September 9 in Hong Kong.

Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education