Lou van den Dries belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Lou van den Dries as Dutch mathematician.
Lou van den Dries was born at Ens in 1951. His recorded nationality is Netherlands. He studied at Utrecht University.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
The recorded fields of work are mathematics and model theory.
Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
Recognition followed: Shoenfield Prize (2016) and Carol Karp Prize (2018).
That the work was done from Netherlands matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Lou van den Dries is still working, and the final assessment of the contribution has not been made.
Achievements
- Shoenfield Prize — 2016
- Carol Karp Prize — 2018
- Held posts at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Fields: mathematics and model theory
