2019: Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck

2019: Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck

University of Texas, USA

“for her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory and integrable systems, and for the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry and mathematical physics.”

Biography

Citation

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More about Karen Uhlenbeck

Notices of the AMS

Professor Simon Donaldson presents a survey of Uhlenbeck’s work on the Calculus of Variations(pdf)

Quanta Magazine

Karen Uhlenbeck, Uniter of Geometry and Analysis, Wins Abel Prize

Videos

The Abel Prize Interview

Karen Uhlenbeck interviewed by the two mathematicians Christian Skau and Bjørn Ian Dundas.

The Abel Prize award ceremony

Award ceremony and acceptance speech in the University of Oslo’s Ceremonial Hall.

Live interview with Karen Uhlenbeck

Abel laureate Karen Uhlenbeck in conversation with Ionica Smeets at a public reception at Det Norske Teatret.

Get to know Karen Uhlenbeck

A short film produced by Ekaterina Eremenko, EEFilms.

Short presentation on Karen Uhlenbeck's life and work

A short presentation by physisist and science communicator Jim Al-Khalili; a clip from the Abel Prize announcement 2019.

The Abel Prize announcement

The Abel Prize is announced by the President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Karen Uhlenbeck: Some Thoughts on the Calculus of Variations

Karen Uhlenbeck's Abel Prize Lecture. Programme and summary available in the YouTube description.

Chuu-LianTerng: Solitons in Geometry

Programme and summary available in the YouTube description.

Robert Bryant: Limits, Bubbles, and Singularities: The fundamental ideas of Karen Uhlenbeck

Programme and summary available in the YouTube description.

Matt Parker: An Attempt to Visualise Minimal Surfaces and Maximum Dimensions

Programme and summary available in the YouTube description.

Kort interview with Karen Uhlenbeck

Jim Al-Khalili interviews Karen Uhlenbeck; a clip from the Abel Prize announcement.