Bôcher Memorial Prize

The Bôcher Memorial Prize was founded by the American Mathematical Society in 1923 in memory of Maxime Bôcher with an initial endowment of $1,450 (contributed by members of that society). It is awarded every three years (formerly every five years) for a notable research work in analysis that has appeared during the past six years. The work must be published in a recognized, peer-reviewed venue. The current award is $5,000.[1]

There have been forty-one prize recipients. The first woman to win the award, Laure Saint-Raymond, did so in 2020. About eighty percent of the journal articles recognized since 2000 have been from Annals of Mathematics, the Journal of the American Mathematical Society, Inventiones Mathematicae, and Acta Mathematica.

Past winners[2]

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Dynamical systems with two degrees of freedom. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 18 (1917), 119-300.
Arithmetical paraphrases. I, II. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (1921), 1-30, 198-219.
On certain numerical invariants with applications to Abelian varieties. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (1921), 407-482.
Combinatorial analysis situs. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 28 (1926), 301-329.
The foundations of a theory of the calculus of variations in the large in m-space. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 31 (1929), 379-404.
Tauberian theorems. Ann. Math. 33 (1932), 1-100.
Almost periodic functions. I. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 36 (1934), 445-294
Almost periodic functions. II. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (1935), 21-50
Green's function and the problem of Plateau. Amer. J. Math. 61 (1939), 545-589
The most general form of the problem of Plateau. Amer. J. Math. 61 (1939), 590-608
Solution of the inverse problem of the calculus of variations. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 25 (1939), 631-637.
Coefficients of schlicht functions. I. Duke Math. J. 10 (1943), 611-635
Coefficients of schlicht functions. II. Duke Math. J. 12 (1945), 107-125
Coefficients of schlicht functions. III. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 32 (!946), 111-116
Coefficients of schlicht functions. IV. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 35 (1949), 143-150.
  • 1953 Norman Levinson for "his contributions to the theory of linear, nonlinear, ordinary, and partial differential equations contained in his papers of recent years"
  • 1959 Louis Nirenberg for "his work in partial differential equations"
  • 1964 Paul Cohen for
On a conjecture of Littlewood and idempotent measures. Amer. J. Math. 82 (1960), 191-212.
  • 1969 Isadore Singer for "his work on the index problem" and especially
The index of elliptic operators. I. Ann. of Math. (2) 87 (1968), 484-530
The index of elliptic operators. III. Ann. of Math. (2) 87 (1968), 546-604
both written with Michael Atiyah.
Bernoulli shifts with the same entropy are isomorphic. Adv. Math. 4 (1970), 337-352.
  • 1979 Alberto Calderón for "his fundamental work on the theory of singular integrals and partial differential equations" and in particular
Cauchy integrals on Lipschitz curves and related operators. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 74 (1977), 1324-1327.
  • 1984 Luis Caffarelli for "his deep and fundamental work in nonlinear partial differential equations, in particular his work on free boundary problems, vortex theory and regularity theory"
  • 1984 Richard Melrose for "his solution of several outstanding problems in diffraction theory and scattering theory and for developing the analytical tools needed for their resolution"
  • 1989 Richard Schoen for "his work on the application of partial differential equations to differential geometry," in particular
Conformal deformation of a Riemannian metric to constant scalar curvature. J. Diff. Geom. 20 (1984), 479-495.
Asymptotics for a class of nonlinear evolution equations, with applications to geometric problems. Ann. of Math. (2) 118 (1983), no. 3, 525–571.
Cylindrical tangent cones and the singular set of minimal submanifolds. J. Diff. Geom. 38 (1993), no. 3, 585–652.
Rectifiability of the singular set of energy minimizing maps. Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations 3 (1995), no. 1, 1–65.
The global nonlinear stability of the Minkowski space. Princeton Mathematical Series, 41. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1993. x+514 pp. [written with Sergiu Klainerman]
Examples of naked singularity formation in the gravitational collapse of a scalar field. Ann. of Math. (2) 140 (1994), no. 3, 607–653.
The instability of naked singularities in the gravitational collapse of a scalar field. Ann. of Math. (2) 149 (1999), no. 1, 183–217
The global nonlinear stability of the Minkowski space. Princeton Mathematical Series, 41. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1993. x+514 pp. [written with Demetrios Christodoulou]
Space-time estimates for null forms and the local existence theorem. Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 46 (1993), no. 9, 1221–1268 [with Matei Machedon]
Smoothing estimates for null forms and applications. Duke Math. J. 81 (1995), no. 1, 99–133 [with Matei Machedon]
  • 1999 Thomas Wolff for "his work in harmonic analysis," "harmonic measure, and unique continuation," including
Counterexamples with harmonic gradients in ℝ3. Essays on Fourier analysis in honor of Elias M. Stein (Princeton, NJ, 1991), 321–384, Princeton Math. Ser., 42, Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, 1995
An improved bound for Kakeya type maximal functions. Rev. Mat. Iberoamericana 11 (1995), no. 3, 651–674.
A Kakeya-type problem for circles. Amer. J. Math. 119 (1997), no. 5, 985–1026
On global existence and scattering for the wave maps equations. Amer. J. Math. 123 (2001) no. 1, 37-77
in addition to his "important work on Strichartz estimates for wave equations with rough coefficients and applications to quasilinear wave equations, as well as his many deep contributions to unique continuation problems"
Global regularity of wave maps I. Small critical Sobolev norm in high dimensions. Internat. Math. Res. Notices (2001), no. 6, 299-328
Global regularity of wave maps II. Small energy in two dimensions. Comm. Math. Phys. 2244 (2001), no. 2, 443-544.
in addition to "his remarkable series of papers, written in collaboration with J. Colliander, M. Keel, G. Staffilani, and H. Takaoka, on global regularity in optimal Sobolev spaces for KdV and other equations, as well as his many deep contributions to Strichartz and bilinear estimates."
Some dynamical properties of Ginzburg-Landau vortices. Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 49 (1996), no. 4, 323–359.
Gradient estimates and blow-up analysis for stationary harmonic maps. Ann. of Math. (2) 149 (1999), no. 3, 785–829.
in addition to other "fundamental contributions to our understanding of the Ginzburg-Landau (GL) equations with a small parameter" and "many deep contributions to harmonic maps and liquid crystals."
  • 2005 Frank Merle for "his fundamental work in the analysis of nonlinear dispersive equations" including:
Stability of blow-up profile and lower bounds for blow-up rate for the critical generalized KdV equation. Ann. of Math. (2) 155 (2002), no. 1, 235–280 [written with Yvan Martel]
Blow up in finite time and dynamics of blow up solutions for the L2-critical generalized KdV equation. J. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (2002), no. 3, 617–664 [written with Yvan Martel]
On universality of blow-up profile for L2 critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Invent. Math. 156 (2004), no. 3, 565–672 [with Pierre Raphael]
Hyperbolic systems of conservation laws. The one-dimensional Cauchy problem. Oxford Lecture Series in Mathematics and its Applications, 20. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000. xii+250 pp.
Vanishing viscosity solutions of nonlinear hyperbolic systems. Ann. of Math. (2) 161 (2005), no. 1, 223–342 [written with Stefano Bianchini]
  • 2008 Charles Fefferman for "his many fundamental contributions to different areas of analysis" including
A sharp form of Whitney's extension theorem. Ann. of Math. (2) 161 (2005), no. 1, 509–577
Whitney's extension problem for Cm. Ann. of Math. (2) 164 (2006), no. 1, 313–359.
  • 2008 Carlos Kenig for "his important contributions to harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, and nonlinear dispersive PDE" including:
Well-posedness and scattering results for the generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation via the contraction principle. Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 46 (1993), no. 4, 527–620 [written with Gustavo Ponce and Luis Vega]
Global well-posedness of the Benjamin-Ono equation in low-regularity spaces. J. Amer. Math. Soc. 20 (2007), no. 3, 753–798 [written with Alexandru Ionescu]
Global well-posedness, scattering and blow-up for the energy-critical focusing non-linear wave equation. Acta Math. 201 (2008), no. 2, 147–212 [written with Frank Merle]
  • 2011 Assaf Naor for "introducing new invariants of metric spaces and for applying his new understanding of the distortion between various metric structures to theoretical computer science" and his "remarkable work [...] on a lower bound in the sparsest cut problem" including
On metric Ramsey-type phenomena. Ann. of Math. (2) 162 (2005), no. 2, 643–709 [written with Yair Bartal, Nathan Linial, and Manor Mendel
Metric cotype. Ann. of Math. (2) 168 (2008), no. 1, 247–298 [written with Manor Mendel]
Euclidean distortion and the sparsest cut. J. Amer. Math. Soc. 21 (2008), no. 1, 1–21 [written with Sanjeev Arora and James R. Lee]
Compression bounds for Lipschitz maps from the Heisenberg group to L1. Acta Math. 207 (2011), no. 2, 291–373 [written with Jeff Cheeger and Bruce Kleiner]
  • 2011 Gunther Uhlmann for "his fundamental work on inverse problems" including
The Calderón problem with partial data. Ann. of Math. (2) 165 (2007), no. 2, 567–591 [written with Carlos Kenig and Johannes Sjöstrand]
The Calderón problem with partial data in two dimensions. J. Amer. Math. Soc. 23 (2010), no. 3, 655–691 [written with Oleg Imanuvilov and Masahiro Yamamoto]
as well as "incisive work on boundary rigidity with L. Pestov and with P. Stepanov and on nonuniqueness (also known as cloaking) with A. Greenleaf, Y. Kurylev, and M. Lassas."
  • 2014 Simon Brendle for "his outstanding solutions of long standing problems in geometric analysis", including
Manifolds with 1/4-pinched curvature are space forms. J. Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (2009), no. 1, 287–307. [written with Richard Schoen]
Embedded minimal tori in S3 and the Lawson conjecture. Acta Math. 211 (2013), no. 2, 177–190.
in addition to "his deep contributions to the study of the Yamabe equation."
Microlocal analysis of asymptotically hyperbolic and Kerr-de Sitter spaces. Invent. Math. 194 (2013), 381-513.
  • 2020 Camillo De Lellis for "his innovative point of view on the construction of continuous dissipative solutions of the Euler equations, which ultimately led to Isett's full solution of the Onsager conjecture, and his spectacular work in the regularity theory of minimal surfaces, where he completed and improved Almgren's program" including:
Dissipative continuous Euler flows. Invent. Math. 193 (2013), no. 2, 377–407 [written with László Székelyhidi]
Regularity of area minimizing currents III: blow-up. Ann. of Math. (2) 183 (2016), no. 2, 577–617 [written with Emanuele Spadaro]
  • 2020 Lawrence Guth for "his deep and influential development of algebraic and topological methods for partitioning the Euclidean space and multi-scale organization of data, and his powerful applications of these tools in harmonic analysis, incidence geometry, analytic number theory, and partial differential equations" including:
A restriction estimate using polynomial partitioning. J. Amer. Math. Soc. 29 (2016), no. 2, 371–413
A sharp Schrödinger maximal estimate in ℝ2. Ann. of Math. (2) 186 (2017), no. 2, 607–640 [written with Xiumin Du and Xiaochun Li]
  • 2020 Laure Saint-Raymond for "her transformative contributions to kinetic theory, fluid dynamics, and Hilbert's sixth problem on 'developing mathematically the limiting processes...which lead from the atomistic view to the laws of motion of continua,'" including:
The Brownian motion as the limit of a deterministic system of hard-spheres. Invent. Math. 203 (2016), no. 2, 493–553 [written with Thierry Bodineau and Isabelle Gallagher]
Mathematical study of degenerate boundary layers: a large scale ocean circulation problem. Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. 253 (2018), no. 1206, vi+105 pp. [written with Anne-Laure Dalibard]
On the implosion of a compressible fluid I: smooth self-similar inviscid profiles. Annals of Mathematics 196 (2022);
On the implosion of a compressible fluid II: singularity formation. Annals of Mathematics 196 (2022); and
On blow up for the energy super critical defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Inventiones Mathematicae 227 (2022).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bôcher Memorial Prize". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  2. ^ "Browse Prizes and Awards". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
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