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Lennart Carleson
Lennart Axel Edvard Carleson is a Swedish mathematician, known as a leader in the field of harmonic analysis. One of his most noted accomplishments is his proof of Lusin's conjecture. He was awarded the Abel Prize in 2006 for "his profound and seminal contributions to harmonic analysis and the theory of smooth dynamical systems."
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science · Swedish mathematician (born 1928) · mathematician · university teacher · researcher · also Lennart Carleson, L. Carleson, Carleson
Born 18 March 1928 · Q343420
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013).
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2012· 1 entry
Became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society
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2006· 3 entries
Awarded Abel Prize (2006).
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EurekAlert!: Lennart Carleson wins 2006 Abel Prize
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For "his profound and seminal contributions to harmonic analysis and the theory of smooth dynamical systems
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2003· 1 entry
Won Sylvester Medal (2003).
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2002· 1 entry
Won Lomonosov Gold Medal (2002).
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1993· 2 entries
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1993).
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Honorary member of the London Mathematical Society in 1981, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Finnish Acade
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1992· 2 entries
Awarded Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1992).
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The Lomonosov Gold Medal in 2002, the Sylvester Medal in 2003, and the Abel Prize in 2006 for his profound and seminal contributions to harmonic analysis and the theory of smooth dynamical systems
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1991· 1 entry
Career landmark: professor emeritus (1991).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (1987).
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded Leroy P. Steele Prize (1984).
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1979· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1979–1982).
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1974· 1 entry
Solved the extension problem for quasiconformal mappings, and gave important new results in the Bochner–Riesz mean in dimension two
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1968· 1 entry
Career landmark: director (1968–1984).
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1955· 1 entry
Career landmark: professor emeritus (1955–1993).
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1953· 1 entry
And they had two children: Caspar (born 1955) and Beatrice (born 1958)
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1951· 1 entry
Studied at Harvard University (1950–1951).
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1950· 1 entry
Studied at Uppsala University, Doctor of Philosophy (1945–1950).
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1928· 1 entry
Born 1928-03-18.
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1923· 1 entry
And stated that the conjecture must be false
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1807· 1 entry
And formalised by Nikolai Luzin in 1913 as the Lusin's conjecture
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