Kolkata: Spectacular achievements in
different spheres of mathematics globally in last four years
will be the theme of International Congress of Mathematicians
(ICM) to be held for the first time in India from August 19.
Altogether 3,500 mathematicians from the country and
abroad will take part in the nine-day affair at Hyderabad,
Profesoor S C Bagchi of the Indian Statistical Institute said
here today.
Celebrated mathematicians including David Aldous (US),
H Furstenberg (Israel), N G O Bao Chan (Vietnam), A N Parshin
(Russia) and Clare Voisin (France), besides R Balasubranian
(India) will deliver plenary lectures at the Congress.
"There will be 200 lectures in the Congress, of which
20 plenary lectures will be given by distinguished
mathematicians," Bagchi said.
Of the total participants, nearly 1,000 will be from
India, he added.
The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and Department
of Science and Technology (DST) are the two main sponsors of
the Congress, Bagchi said.
The last international Congress of Mathematicians was
held in Madrid, Spain four years ago.
PTI
