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Elias M. Stein Set of Honors Selection Committee

General Description

These prizes and awards were endowed in 2022 by students, colleagues, and friends of Elias M. Stein to honor his remarkable legacy in the area of mathematical analysis. Stein is remembered for identifying many deep principles and methods which transcend their original context, for opening entirely new areas of research which captivated the attention and imagination of generations of analysts, and for mentoring and collaborating with generations of mathematicians.

  • Committee is standing
  • Number of members at large is three. The AMS President may appoint consulting members (voting)for years in which the committee selects a winner for the Elias M. Stein Prize for New Perspectives in Analysis.
  • Term of members at large is three years, of consulting members, one year.

Principal Activities

This is a selection committee. The committee will communicate its selection to the Secretary for approval by the Executive Committee of the Council. The Committee conducts its business by email and videoconferencing and does not require any travel.

These prizes are a set of three rotating honors in memory of Professor Elias M. Stein - one prize for a research article, one prize for an expository article, and one award for mentoring.

  • The Elias M. Stein Prize for New Perspectives in Analysis is awarded for the development of groundbreaking methods in analysis which demonstrate promise to revitalize established areas or create new opportunities for mathematical discovery. The prize is awarded every three years for work published in the preceding six years.
  • The Elias M. Stein Prize for Transformative Exposition is awarded for a written work or works, such as a book, survey, or exposition, that transforms the mathematical community's understanding of the subject or reshapes the way it is taught.
  • The Elias M. Stein Mentoring Award recognizes mathematicians who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to the training and advancement of future generations of mathematicians.

Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
(as adopted by the April 2019 Council)

The American Mathematical Society is committed to promoting and facilitating equity, diversity and inclusion throughout the mathematical sciences. For its own long-term prosperity as well as that of the public at large, our discipline must connect with and appropriately incorporate all sectors of society. We reaffirm the pledge in the AMS Mission Statement to "advance the status of the profession of mathematics, encouraging and facilitating full participation of all individuals," and urge all members to conduct their professional activities with this goal in mind.

Note to the Chair

For the purpose of archiving the committee activities, the Secretary maintains a central file system for archiving committee records. Committee Chairs are asked to submit committee records on yearly basis. Chairs can submit material at their discretion, and some materials that they may wish to provide are meeting minutes, agenda, and emails. Confidential material should be noted, so that it can be handled in a confidential manner..

Authorization

  • Prize Creation, January 2023 Council Minutes, Item 4.8.2.
  • January 02, 2024 Council, Item 2.3: Removed prize amount.

Past Members

A list of current and past members is available here:
http://www.ams.org/about-us/governance/committees/stein-past.html

Past Winners

Prize: Elias M. Stein Prize for New Perspectives in Analysis