2010 Fields Medal (4)
Reason for Award
For his proofs of nonlinear Landau damping and convergence to equilibrium for theBoltzmann equation.
Laureates
Cédric Villani,
France
Other works in the same year
- For his results on measure rigidity inergodic theory, and their applications tonumber theory.
- For the proof of conformal invariance ofpercolationand the planarIsing modelinstatistical physics.
- For his proof of the Fundamental Lemma in the theory ofautomorphic formsthrough the introduction of new algebro-geometric methods.