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Tonight's Topic: "The ABEL Prize -- 2015"
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Two days ago, on March 25, the ABEL Prize -- an international award for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics -- announced its winners for 2015. This award announcement named two American mathematicians: 86 years-old John F. Nash, Jr. and Louis Nirenberg (aged 90).

The ABEL Prize is named after the early 19th century mathematician, Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829).
When he died, at the age of only 26, Abel left a large body of work, including the first proof of the general binomial theorem (which had been stated by Newton and Euler).

    (And in case you're wondering, LW's Family Tree does not include either Niels Henrick Abel or the German composer, Carl Friedrich Abel -- dun-dun-dah-d'oh!)
    So, for tonight, our three questions concern this international mathematics award -- worth about 750,000 Euro (US$ 816,787.50).
    Ergo, how much do you know about... The ABEL Prize -- 2015?
   Please choose from any of the 3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each question listed below.
   Good Luck and remember, YOU are always a WINNER with us, regardless of your actual answers!
    (Alas, no ABEL Prizes will be awarded tonight!)

    ++ "The ABEL Prize -- 2015" ++
Question #1: Unlike the more famous Nobel Prizes -- which have been awarded since 1901 and do not have a Mathematics Award -- when was the first ABEL Prize awarded?
        A. 1965, or
        B. 2003, or
        C. 2014

The Abel Prize was established on 1 January 2002.
The purpose is to award the Abel Prize for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics.
The prize amount is 6 million NOK (about 750,000 Euro) and was awarded for the first time on 3 June 2003.
[SOURCE: Welcome to the Abel Prize]

Question #2: Although 567 Nobel Prizes have been traditionally awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, where is the ABEL Prize awarded?
        A. Copenhagen, Denmark, or
        B. Oslo, Norway, or
        C. Stockholm, Sweden

"The Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2015 to the American mathematicians John F. Nash, Jr. and Louis Nirenberg “for striking and seminal contributions to the theory of nonlinear partial differential equations and its applications to geometric analysis.” The President of the Academy, Kirsti Strøm Bull, announced the new laureates today 25 March. They will receive the Abel Prize from His Majesty King Harald at a ceremony in Oslo on 19 May."
[SOURCE: John F. Nash, Jr. and Louis Nirenberg share the Abel Prize]

Question #3: The 2015 ABEL Prize Laureate John Nash's genius and battle with schizophrenia was the subject of a theatrical movie. What is the name of this movie?
        A. One, Two, Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), or
        B. A Beautiful Mind (2000), or
        C. The Life of Pi (2012)

"'Beautiful mind' John Nash adds Abel Prize to his Nobel:
Mathematician made famous by Hollywood will share US$765,000 award with Louis Nirenberg for work in the field of geometric analysis.
Although some consider the Abel Prize to be the 'Nobel of mathematics', its winners are hardly ever household names.
But this year's prize, announced on 25 March, includes a notable exception:

John Nash, the subject of the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind starring Russell Crowe — and a previous winner of a Nobel prize for economics."
[SOURCE: Nature News Mar 25, 2015 'Beautiful mind' John Nash adds Abel Prize to his Nobel]

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[SOURCE: A 'long awaited recognition': Nash receives Abel Prize for revered work in mathematics]

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++ QUOTE OF THE DAY ++ -- from Mario Livio's The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved (p. 90):
"What can you say about a twenty-six-year-old boy who died? That he was shy, and a genius, that he loved mathematics and the theater. And he was condemned to death by poverty."
[SOURCE: ISBN-13: 978-0743258203]
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