The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has taken the decision to award the Abel Prize for 2017 to 77-year-old Yves Meyer.
The mathematician of the École normale superiéure Paris-Saclay France was honoured with the award for his role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets.
The winner of the 2017 Abel Prize was announced by Ole M. Sejersted, the President of the Norwegien Academy of Science and Letters.
Yves Meyer led the modern development of theory, joining mathematics, IT and computational science.
Wavelet analysis has been applied in the following arenas:- Applied and computational harmonic analysis
- Data compression
- Noise reduction
- Medical imaging
- Archiving
- Digital Cinema
- Deconvolution of the Hubble space telescope images
- Recent LIGO detection of gravitational waves by black hole collision
Yves Meyer is to receive the prize from His Majesty King Harald V at an award ceremony in Oslo on May 23rd, 2017.
The Abel Prize recognizes and acknowledges contributions of depth and influence to mathematical sciences.
He has been annually awarded since 2003.
This carries a cash award of 6 million NOK.
Meyer carried out award winning work on harmonic analysis. His work has relevance for maths, IT and computer science.
It has useful real world applications. Collaborating with Stéphane Mallat, the work he has done is a pioneering piece of research.
About Yves Meyer: Know More- Born 19th July, 1939.
- Nationality : French
- Entered École normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm in Paris in 1957
- Obtained PhD from University of Strasbourg in 1966
- He was professor of Mathematics at Université Paris-Sud, then École Polytechnique and Université Paris Dauphine.
- Then, he moved to the ENS Paris-Saclay where he worked at the Centre of Mathematics and its Applications
- He was a member of the French Académie des Sciences since 1993.
- In 1994, he was elected foreign honorary member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- He became foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences in 2014.
- Yves Meyer became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2012.
- He has won the 1970 Salem and 2010 Gauss prizes for advance in maths
The Abel Prize: Know MoreThis prize is awarded by the Norwegien Academy of Science and Letters.
The choice of the laureate is on the basis of Abel Committee recommendations
5 current mathematicians on the current committee are:- John Rognes
- Marta Sanz-Solé
- Luigi Ambrosio
- Marie-France Vignéras
- Ben Green
