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Young emerging math talents from France, Netherlands, Hungary and Norway were gathered in Oslo at the Abel Prize Week in May. The young talents reveal why they like mathematics, and why they enjoy competing in the subject. They are champions in their countries in math competitions. Many of them are representing their nations in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Australia in July.
Please meet Réka Hodossy and Dóra Sárdinecz from Hungary, Ivar Lee Fevang who the Abel competition and is on the Norwegian Team, Anuraag Nayak from the Netherlands, Alisa Kulagina and Kaja Halvorsen from Birrallee International School in Trondheim who won Young Abel, and Pierre and Akin Dürrüoglu and Maxime Chevalier from the French Team.
We wish good luck in Maths Olympics!
(Film: Tone Emilie Lillås Lunde/Eivind Johannessen Lotsberg for The Abel Prize)
Photo: Eirik Lislerud
Young emerging math talents from France, Netherlands, Hungary and Norway were gathered in Oslo at the Abel Prize Week in May. The young talents reveal why they like mathematics, and why they enjoy competing in the subject. They are champions in their countries in math competitions. Many of them are representing their nations in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Australia in July.
Please meet Réka Hodossy and Dóra Sárdinecz from Hungary, Ivar Lee Fevang who the Abel competition and is on the Norwegian Team, Anuraag Nayak from the Netherlands, Alisa Kulagina and Kaja Halvorsen from Birrallee International School in Trondheim who won Young Abel, and Pierre and Akin Dürrüoglu and Maxime Chevalier from the French Team.
We wish good luck in Maths Olympics!
(Film: Tone Emilie Lillås Lunde/Eivind Johannessen Lotsberg for The Abel Prize)
Photo: Eirik Lislerud
![Abel Award Ceremony 2015 - John Nash & Louis Nirenberg [Full]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mcfdE_n7F1k/mqdefault.jpg "Abel Award Ceremony 2015 - John Nash & Louis Nirenberg [Full]
25:10 Acceptance speech by John Nash [English]
26:45 Acceptance speech by Louis Nirenberg [English]
NB! The programme of the Abel Ceremonies was mostly in Norwegian up to 2017. Please see the full program with translated speeches here: https://we.tl/t-Q5wif6PdpO
The Abel Prize Award Ceremony, May 19, 2015.
Place: The University Aula, Oslo, Norway
Programme:
0:00 Procession accompanied by the “Abel Fanfare” (Klaus Sandvik). Performed by musicians from The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces
1:48 His Majesty King Harald enters the University Aula
2:51 Fanteguten. Trad/ Arr: Sverre Indris Joner
7:40 Opening speech by Professor Kirsti Strøm Bull, President of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
13:52 Skjøre (Fragile) Music: Sting/ Norwegian lyrics: Kjell Inge Torgersen/Arr: Pitsj
17:31 The Abel Committee’s Citation by Professor John Rognes, Chair of the Abel Committee
24:07 His Majesty King Harald presents the Abel Prize to John F. Nash, Jr. and Louis Nirenberg
25:10 Acceptance speech by John Nash [English]
26:45 Acceptance speech by Louis Nirenberg [English]
36:08 Tanta til Beate. Music: Lillebjørn Nilsen/ Arr: Børre Dalhaug
Thumbnail photographer: Berit Roald/NTB scanpix")
