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18 Asia Pacific Mathematics Newsletter References [1] A. Bag, Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India (Chaukhamba Orientala, Benarès, 1979). [2] R. Balasubramanian, J.-M. Deshouillers and F. Dress, Problème de Waring pour les bicarrés. I. Schéma de la solution, C.R.Acad.Sci.Paris,Sér.I Math. 303 (1986) 85–88. [3] R. Balasubramanian, J.-M. Deshouillers and F. Dress, Problème de Waring pour les bicarrés. II. Résultats auxiliaires pour le théorème asymptotique, C.R.Acad.Sci.Paris,Sér.IMath.303 (1986) 161–163. [4] G. H. Hardy, L’apologie d’un mathématicien; Ramanujan, un mathématicien indien; Bertrand Russell et le Collège de la Trinité, Un Savant, une Époque. [A Scientist, an Era], Librairie Classique Eugène Belin, Paris, 1985. Translated from the English by D. Jullien and S. Yoccoz, with a preface by J.-P. Kahane, with a postface by C. P. Snow. [5] G. R. Kaye, Indian Mathematics (Calcutta & Simla, Thaker, Spink & Co., 1915). [6] C. Khare and J.-P. Wintenberger, Serre’s modularity conjecture. I, Invent. Math. 178 (2009) 485–504. [7] C. Khare and J.-P. Wintenberger, Serre’s modularity conjecture. II, Invent. Math. 178 (2009) 505–586. [8] R. Narasimhan, The coming of age of mathematics in India, in Miscellanea Mathematica (Springer, Berlin, 1991), pp. 235–258. [9] K. Plofker, Mathematics in India (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2009). [10] M. S. Raghunathan, Artless innocents and ivorytower sophisticates: Some personalities on the Indian mathematical scene, Current Science 85 (2003) 526–536. April 2012, Volume 2 No 2 Michel Waldschmidt Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), France [11] S. Ramanujan, Ramanujan’s Notebooks [Part I (Springer, New York, 1985) MR0781125 (86c:01062); Part II (1989); MR0970033 (90b:01039); Part III (1991); MR1117903 (92j:01069); Part IV (1994); MR1261634 (95e:11028); Part V (1998); MR1486573 (99f:11024)]. The Notebooks will be available online in 2010. [12] M. Santiago, International Conference on Teaching and Research in Mathematics, in Birth Centenary Celebrations of Father Charles Racine, S. J. Loyola College, Racine Research Centre, Chennai (January, 1997). [13] C. N. Srinivasiengar, The History of Ancient Indian Mathematics (The World Press Private, Ltd., Calcutta, 1967). [14] V. S. Varadarajan, Algebra in Ancient and Modern Times, Vol. 12 of Mathematical World (American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 1998). [15] A. Weil, Mathematics in Indian Universities, Seventh Conference of the Indian Mathematical Society, Trivandrum, Scientific Works. Collected Papers. Vol. I (1926–1951) (Springer-Verlag, New York-Heidelberg, 1931). Scientific works. Collected papers, [17] pp. 127–128. [16] A. Weil, Mathematics in India, Usp. Mat. Nauk 3, I (1936) 286–288. Scientific works. Collected papers, [17] pp. 129–131. [17] A. Weil, Scientific Works. Collected Papers. Vol. I (1926–1951) (Springer-Verlag, New York, 1979). [18] A. Weil, Souvenirs d’apprentissage, Vol. 6 of Vita Mathematica (Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 1991). [19] A. Weil, Number Theory, An Approach Through History from Hammurapi to Legendre, Modern Birkhäuser Classics (Birkhäuser Boston Inc., Boston, MA, 2007). Reprint of the 1984 edition. This is an updated and revised version of the article published in Special Issue on Mathematics Newsletter, Vol. 19, Sp. No. 1, August 2010, p. 1-12 Michel Waldschmidt obtained his PhD from the University of Bordeaux in 1972. He joined Pierre and Marie Curie University (or The Paris VI University) as Assistant Professor (1972–1973), and he became a Professor in 1973. He became a full Professor at the Paris Michel WALDSCHMIDT VI University in 1978, and he was full Professor (Exceptional Class) since 1989 at the same university. Professor Waldschmidt Université was awarded P. et the M. Albert Curie Chatelet UPMC Medal (Paris(1974), VI) Foundation Peccot, College de France (1977), Institut Gold de Mathématiques Medal CNRS (1978), de Jussieu Marquet UMR Prize 7586 of the French Academy of Sciences, Robert Théorie Bosch des Foundation Nombres – Case Fellow, 247IAS, Princeton (1985), Distinguished Award of the Hardy–Ramanujan 4 Place Jussieu Society (1986), Honorary Fellow of the Hardy–Ramanujan Society (2006). He F–75252 was the PARIS President Cedex of the 05 French Mathematical Society (2001–2004). Professor Waldschmidt is very active in international collaboration e-mail: miw@math.jussieu.fr in mathematics research, in particular Iran–France, Taiwan–France, and also with India, Pakistan, Kurdistan, and African countries. URL: He http://www.math.jussieu.fr/∼miw/ was the Deputy President of CIMPA- ICPAM (2005–2009), and he was its Regional Scientific Advisor (2009–2011). Professor Waldschmidt has published more than 150 scientific papers, and he has trained 20 research students. He is also a member of the editorial board of several international journals on mathematics. 8
Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics 1. Historical Background International Inauguration of VIASM, January 17, 2012 The mathematics profession in Vietnam is relatively young. In some sense, one can say that it was only started in the 50s of last century. But it has gained certain achievements with many publications in international journals and made important contributions to the economic and social development of Vietnam. All these create a good perception by mathematicians around the world of mathematics in Vietnam. In addition to developing professional mathematics (e.g. pure and applied mathematics), since 1974, Vietnam has participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). It is very encouraging that Vietnam IMO contestants achieved consistently good results. At the culminating event, for the first time Vietnam successfully hosted IMO-48 in 2007, with the participation of 93 countries and territories. In that year, the Vietnam IMO team received, same as 1999, the highest ranking (the third place, after Russia and China) in its history of IMO participation. The good and relatively consistent results of the Vietnam IMO teams (often in the top ten), together with domestic and foreign perception about Vietnam mathematics, lead to a misleading view that mathematics in Vietnam is quite strong. In August 2007, after the IMO-48, Vietnamese mathematicians working in and outside Vietnam (who participated in problems selection and coordination of the Olympiad) sat together to discuss the cooperation among the Vietnamese mathematical community. All participants shared the same view that Lê Tuấn Hoa and Trần Văn Nhung Asia Pacific Mathematics Newsletter mathematics in Vietnam remains weak despite the positive results at IMO. Acknowledging this fact, the Deputy Prime Minister, Professor Nguyễn Thiện Nhân — who chaired the meeting — requested a careful research on the status of mathematics in Vietnam to be conducted and make recommendations to bring mathematics to the next stage of development. Shortly thereafter, the government decided to develop a “National Programme for the Development of Mathematics until 2020” (NPDM) under the direct guidance of the Deputy Prime Minister Professor Nguyễn Thiện Nhân — who was at that time also the Minister of Education and Training. The chief of the Drafting Committee was a mathematician — Professor Trần Văn Nhung, a Vice- Minister of Education and Training. Many Vietnamese mathematics professors joined the Drafting Committee. The critical point of the programme as determined by the Drafting Committee from the outset was to set up an advanced research institute. This idea is not entirely new. Back in the 80s of the last century, Professors Lê Văn Thiêm and Hoàng Tụy dreamed of turning Hanoi into one of the mathematical centres in Southeast Asia. By early 90s, Professor Hoàng Tụy brought the idea to establish a research institute in industrial and management mathematics with a more flexible working mechanism than that of the Institute of Mathematics Hanoi. A project team was set up to conduct the study, but no concrete outcome was achieved. Entering the 21st century, Professor P Griffiths, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at Princeton, made several trips to Vietnam to encourage the setting up of a millennium institute. In one of his trips, he came with Professor C Kim, former Director of the Korean Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS). However, the two mathematicians did not achieve their desired outcome. Was Vietnam not ready for that? After three years of working, considering experiences, lessons from various countries as well as seeking comments from selected mathematicians and managers, the final draft of NPDM was completed and submitted by early 2010. However, there remain many challenges until the approval by the government was granted. On one hand, the public did not see the necessity of a special regime which is the key success factor of an advanced April 2012, Volume 2 No 2 19
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