The Abel Prize, organized by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, is the world's highest honor in mathematics. It was established in memory of Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel and ...

Hanfeng Li has co-authored a new book with David Kerr, entitled, Ergodic Theory: Independence and Dichotomies. The book provides an introduction to the ergodic theory and topological dynamics of ...

Composition operators, defined by the mapping f ↦ f ∘ φ where φ is a suitable self-map, constitute a vital class of operators in functional analysis. Their study using ergodic theory has shed light on ...

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the 2014 Abel Prize to Russian-born mathematical physicist Yakov Sinai of Princeton University in New Jersey. The award cites his “fundamental ...