RIYADH, Saudi Arabia,
January 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Professor Sir John M. Ball, the
Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Oxford, has been named the winner of
the King Faisal Prize 2018 for Science for outstanding
contributions in the field of Mathematics.
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Prof. Sir John Ball, who is also
the Director of the Oxford Centre for Nonlinear Partial
Differential Equations at the University of
Oxford, has been honoured with the prestigious award for his
vast research on nonlinear partial differential equations, the
calculus of variations, and dynamical systems. He has published
over 70 peer reviewed articles in reputable scientific
journals.
His work applies deep mathematical insights to important
real-life problems, pioneering applications in materials science.
He has also introduced rigorous mathematical foundations for liquid
crystals, phase transitions and nonlinear elasticity.
A member of the editorial board of reputable scientific
journals, Prof. Sir John Ball has
been recognized by over 26 other awards and honours, including the
Sylvester Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2006 and the John von Neumann
Lecture and Prize, SIAM, 2012.
The King Faisal Prize awarded the first prize in the Science
category in 1984. Since then it has recognized outstanding
contributions in various fields of science, alternating between the
subcategories of physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics. The
King Faisal Prize winners in Science have so far included 19
physicists, 13 biologists, 13 chemists, 10 mathematicians and one
bio-chemist, some of whom have gone on to win other prestigious
awards, including the Nobel.
About King Faisal Prize
King Faisal Prize was established in 1977 by the King Faisal
Foundation (KFF), a philanthropic organization founded in 1976 by
the sons and daughters of the late King Faisal bin Abdulaziz, as a tribute to their
father. The Prize was granted for the first time in 1979 in three
categories: Service to Islam, Islamic Studies and Arabic Language
and Literature. In 1981, a prize in Medicine and a prize in Science
were added. The Medicine prize was awarded the following year, in
1982, whereas the Science prize was awarded in 1984.
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