Pratibha Patil will present the Fields Medals, the highest award in Mathematics and considered the equivalent of Nobel Prize, to four mathematicians in recognition of their contribution to the field.
India will host the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM), the largest congregation of mathematicians from across the globe, for the first time here, beginning tomorrow.
President Pratibha Patil will inaugurate the nine-day event at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre here tomorrow.
Over 3,000 delegates from about 75 countries will attend the ICM being held under the auspices of International Mathematical Union (IMU).
The president will present the Fields Medals, the highest award in Mathematics and considered the equivalent of Nobel Prize, to four mathematicians in recognition of their contribution to the field.
She will also give away the Nevanlinna Prize, the Gauss Prize and the Chern Medal. The Chern Medal will be presented for the first time this year for lifelong outstanding achievements in maths.
A mathematician of Indian origin, Madhusudan, won the Nevanlinna Prize in 2002. This year three mathematicians from India are said to be in contention for the Fields Medals.
Another Indian mathematician Radha Charan Gupta, who has been chosen for the Kenneth O May Prize by the International Commission for the History of Mathematics in 2009, will receive the award during the ICM.
The ICM, conducted once every four years, is being held in Asia for the third time after the ones in Japan (Kyoto) in 1990 and China (Beijing) in 2002.
The ICM assumes significance for India as it is being held coinciding with the Centenary of the founding of Indian Mathematical Society and the Silver Jubilee year of Ramanujan Mathematical Society.
World Chess champion Viswanathan Anand will test his skills by playing chess simultaneously against 40 mathematicians on the sidelines of the mega event, Prof Govindan Rangarajan of the ICM organizing committee told PTI.
While numerous technical sessions have been scheduled during the nine-day event, panel discussions will be held on some interesting topics like 'Mathematics Education and Popularization of Mathematics' and 'Mathematics in Science and Technology.'
A panel discussion on how to take mathematics to high schools has also been scheduled during the event. The London Mathematical Society is organizing a discussion on August 25 on 'Mechanisms for strengthening mathematics in developing countries' as part of the ICM.
About 20 eminent mathematicians from India will deliver plenary talks while another 170 speakers from different countries have been invited to deliver talks, according to Rangarajan.
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