The 2002 Laureates / Basic Sciences Category / Mathematical Sciences

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Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov

France / December 23, 1943
Mathematician; Professor, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France; Professor, Courant Institute, New York University

Workshop

Forum: World of Mathematics

Coordinator and Moderator:
Toshikazu Sunada [(Member of the Kyoto Prize Screening Committee) Professor,Mathematical Institute, Tohoku University]

13:00
Opening
Welcome: Toshikazu Sunada
Opening Address: Heisuke Hironaka [(Chairman of the Kyoto Prize Screening Committee) Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University]
 
Introduction of Laureate
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon [Director, Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques]
 
Laureate Lecture
Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov Laureate in Basis Sciences
"Generating and Describing Geometric Objects"
 
Lecture
Kenji Fukaya [Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University]
"Pseudo-Holomorphic Curve, Gromov-Witten Invariant and Mirror Symmetry"
 
Lecture
Takao Yamaguchi [Professor, Institute of Mathematics, University of Tsukuba]
"Collapsing 4-Dimensional Manifolds under a Lower Curvature Bound"
 
Intermission
 
 
Panel Discussion
"Discussion with Professor Gromov on the Future Possibility of Mathematics"
Moderator:
Toshikazu Sunada
Panelists:
Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
Kenji Fukaya
Katsuhiro Shiohama [Professor, Department of Mathematics, Saga University]
Tsuyoshi Kato [Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University]
17:20
Closing
 

Workshop Abstract(PDF)