John Griggs Thompson: Abel Prize winner 2008. Photo: Anne Lise Flavik

2008: John Griggs Thompson

Graduate Research Professor, University of Florida
"for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory"
Jacques Tits: Abel Prize winner 2008. Photo: Anne Lise Flavik

2008: Jacques Tits

Collège de France
"for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory"

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The Abel Interview with John Thompson and Jacques Tits

The 2008 Abel Prize interview with John Griggs Thompson and Jacques Tits Interviewers: Mathematicians Martin Raussen and Christian Skau.

Jacques Tits: Algebraic simple groups and buildings

Vivamus et neque nec odio consequat luctus. Jacques Tits' Abel Prize lecture. Programme available in the YouTube description.

Alex Lubotzky: Simple groups, buildings and applications

Programme available in the YouTube description.

John Thompson: Dirichlet series and SL(2,Z)

John Thompsons Abel Prize lecture. Programme available in the YouTube description.

Michel Broué: Building Cathedrals and breaking down Reinforced Concrete Walls

Programme available in the YouTube description.