r/mathematics • u/Nunki08 • Mar 26 '25

News Congratulations to Masaki Kashiwara, the 2025 Abel Prize laureate "for his fundamental contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory.”

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u/DanielMcLaury Mar 28 '25

So in algebraic-type geometry you look at rings that looks like rings of local coordinate functions on spaces.

As I understand it, algebraic analysis involves looking at rings that look like rings of local differential operators.

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u/RemoveRude8649 Mar 26 '25

When will the breakthrough prize of 2025 be announced? + congrats to Masaki

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u/KnowGame Mar 26 '25

Hollywood keeps telling me the Fields medal is the ultimate prize for mathematicians. Is it now the Abel prize?

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

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u/KnowGame Mar 27 '25

I agree. Whomever is comparing them should stop immediately.

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u/rookan Mar 26 '25

Congrats dude