French President opens the banquet Ngo Bao Chau

French President Nicolas Sarkozy invited many reputable mathematicians to the celebration dinner at the Elysee Palace last afternoon, including two winners of the Fields award, Ngo Bao Chau and Cédric Villani.

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By welcoming famous mathematicians in France, Sarkozy and the Minister of Education Valerie Pécresse want to honor the power of French research in this area. With 11 Fields winners out of 52 medals awarded since 1936, France became the second strongest country after the United States. Of the four new mathematicians who won this year, two from France, Ngo Bao Chau and Cedric Villani.

Professor Ngo Bao Chau and mathematician Cedric Villani. (Photo: CNRS).

Earlier, President Sarkozy also sent greetings to the two scientists and affirmed the reward was a testament to high quality research in France. The country's leader also hopes schools here have the necessary facilities for the development of mathematics.

The Fields Medal, considered a Nobel Prize for mathematics, was awarded on August 19 to mathematician Cedric Villani, 36, director of the Henri Poincare Institute in Paris and Professor Ngo Bao Chau, 38, who is teaching at university. study Paris-Sud. The other two winners, Elon Lindenstrauss (Israeli) and Stanislav Smirnov (Russia).

Fields Medal is an award awarded to a maximum of four mathematicians who are no more than 40 years old at each International Mathematical Congress of the International Mathematical Association (IMU). This conference is held every 4 years. Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields is the founder of the award.