The official Crafoord Prize Lectures in honour of the Crafoord Laureates 2024 in Mathematics and Astronomy.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2024 Crafoord Prize in Mathematics to Claire Voisin, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, France, “for outstanding contributions to complex and algebraic geometry, including Hodge theory, algebraic cycles, and hyperkähler geometry”.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2024 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy to Douglas Gough, University of Cambridge, UK, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Conny Aerts, KU Leuven, Belgium, “for developing the methods of asteroseismology and their application to the study of the interior of the Sun and of other stars.”
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Prize Lectures by the Laureates.
Programme
09.30
Presentation of the Crafoord Prize
Sofia Feltzing, Chair of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Astronomy
09.35
Introduction of the Crafoord Laureate in Mathematics 2024
Nils Dencker, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
09.45
From complex numbers to hyper-Kähler geometry
Crafoord Laureate Claire Voisin, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, France
10.20
Questions from the audience
Chair: Nils Dencker, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
10.30
Coffee break
10.50
Introduction of the Crafoord Laureates in Astronomy 2024
Dainis Dravins, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
11.00
Probing inside the Sun
Crafoord Laureate Douglas Gough, University of Cambridge, UK
11.35
Questions from the audience
Chair: Sofia Feltzing, Chair of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Astronomy
11:45
Lunch (lunch is served outside the lecture hall and is included for registered participants)
13:15
From the Sun to solar-like stars
Crafoord Laureate Jørgen Christensen- Dalsgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark
13:50
Questions from the audience
Chair: Sofia Feltzing, Chair of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Astronomy
14:00
Beyond sun-like stars
Crafoord Laureate Conny Aerts, KU Leuven, Belgium
14.35
Questions from the audience
Chair: Sofia Feltzing, Chair of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Astronomy
14.45
Closing of the Crafoord Prize Lectures
Sofia Feltzing, Chair of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Astronomy
The lectures are organised by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The event is free of charge and open to the public but registration is required. The symposium will also be live-streamed, on this wepbage and on www.kva.se. Please note that registration is only required for participation in person.
The Crafoord Prize is awarded in partnership between the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Crafoord Foundation in Lund. The Academy is responsible for selecting the Crafoord Laureates
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