The Infosys Award Winner in Mathematics - 2016

Abstract

The Indian-Australian mathematical prodigy Akshay Venkatesh has won the Infosys Award in Mathematics for the year 2016. His research work has exceptionally wide ranging foundational and creative contributions to modern Number Theory. His unique ability to use the wide ranging techniques drawn from analytic number theory, ergodic theory, homotopy theory to address concrete problems in Number Theory, and discover new phenomena attest to the essential unity of Mathematics.