The work of Y. Sinai

摘要

On May 19 2014, Professor Yakov Sinai (Moscow State University) was awarded the Abel Prize for his contributions to mathematical physics. We sketch some of his main achievements. Receiving the Abel prize for Professor Yakov Sinai and his wife Elena Vul (also a mathematician) entailed a varied program of journeys (Oslo, Stavanger and Stockholm), lectures, receptions and interviews (with the Press and Martin Raussen & Christian Skau; the latter traditionally appears in the Notices of the AMS). The highlight was of course the award ceremony itself, at the hands of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, on May 20 2014.