Alessio Figalli: From elastic membranes to ice melting (2023)

This lecture was held by Alessio Figalli at The University of Oslo, May 24, 2023 and was part of the Abel Prize Lectures in connection with the Abel Prize Week celebrations.

Alessio Figalli is an Italian mathematician working primarily on calculus of variations and partial differential equations. He was awarded the Prix and Cours Peccot in 2012, the EMS Prize in 2012, the Stampacchia Medal in 2015, the Feltrinelli Prize in 2017, and the Fields Medal in 2018.

Program for the Abel lectures 2023:
1. Luis A. Caffarelli: "Non-linear and non-local surface structure problems and some of its applications"
2. Sylvia Serfaty: "From diffusions to fluid equations: the question of regularity"
3. Alessio Figalli: "From elastic membranes to ice melting"
4. Luis Silvestre: "Fully nonlinear elliptic equations and applications"