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OSLO, NORWAY, April 20, 2007: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the prestigious Abel Prize for 2007 to Dr. Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviations. He was born in Chennai, India. To read an explanation of Dr. Varadhan’s work and the presentation of the US$920,000 award click here.

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