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**International**
**Mathematical**
**Union**

**IMU News 111: January 2022**
------------------------------

Newsletter from the International Mathematical Union
Editor: Yoshiharu Kohayakawa, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

**CONTENTS**

1. Editorial: Mathematicians and the high school math curriculum
2. News from the Commission for Developing Countries (CDC)
3. News from the Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM)
4. IDM 2022 - International Day of Mathematics
5. DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize Winner 2021
6. IYBSSD 2022 - International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable  
Development
7. News from ICM 2022: Chebyshev grant winners have been selected
8. Abel Prize Winners

**Editorial: Mathematicians and the high school math curriculum**

The school math curriculum has come increasingly into question,  
especially regarding data science and judgements about relevant  
mathematics.  Some proposals in this direction have led to the  
promotion of courses light on mathematical content and depth.  This  
has repercussions for college and career options in our increasingly  
technological society; discussing such outcomes with stakeholders  
requires clarity and thoroughness.  We encourage mathematicians and  
STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) professionals to be  
attentive to these trends, learn what is happening, and engage in  
public discussions, as resulting policies could have profound  
consequences.

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more](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/KMfGz0mxgD1x1zSfnGVrlRMJIkO37qSYZTcWUrxojCafdpaj8klb4ZjBS0msPUDOQUw2bu3VO4leIXm-UHddCiezk9VtLMQ7DIYSIZQC4Vb7X5c-AsKxHviERbEcEIvUwlDeuJ42dQkGJ3FxM5NUkat2KPd10avyFKnrP8BlbUZumEIxYWaPnvl7VJp3Xmo/imu-news/archive/2022/imu-news-111-january-2022#on-page-0)

**News from the Commission for Developing Countries (CDC)**

**New call of the Breakout Graduate Fellowship Programme of the  
IMU–CDC.** Thanks to a generous donation by the winners of the  
[Breakthrough Prize in  
Mathematics](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/djPzx4x4KSibSBnD5h-rH61IwCAkNH__hAEW9UWBs-IsPx6_Lpnn-Chg7b2j3JtqM__IF2qId6PqtLfhBls40q6Nc5jiSJu1ZrasPFyAYzYP3oFipX-JPTOcLJK6DcEO0xhGzpRHMfSEhfh405xlU7YfTQud7SvIB9-nYf99nfu5l7_aIcga2w3-L2u3BUivv79bl9tsuDI0_u4spMGP) – Ian Agol, Jean Bourgain, Simon Donaldson, Alex Eskin, Christopher Hacon, Martin Hairer, Maxim Kontsevich, Vincent Lafforgue, Jacob Lurie, James McKernan, Takuro Mochizuki, Terence Tao and Richard Taylor – IMU, with the assistance of the [Friends of the IMU](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/RmgnpE8bV8cMhhV5EaEAgShAxDUYKdMP8-pdx_YQk7if_tSQoChH6zV_V_DrZxa5YU3u3WmAiH5EsRSepo8R6dRsgetRKHRIS1wUmXhWMbSlRBEutVFVqxsNAd838kigbF1qqh72NRXqTMHkCUFgwyyTp9xkTZwUWIYIc9T6ZYS8HVETkQjWOpcEoD8bMITM) (FIMU), is opening a new call of the [IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowship Programme](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/u-YZZdRbMiDk59SW_JNId0xRDGscnl5DE_o9TAMN0q70UoAYL_TXixOfY_6-KITzuHaeBQzT3hjKYF_KqWI282ZVE3pypN0GYbT-rY2an6rE8td4Ih9fnGjKGDd7QLV1Frw2rVYDhW8_s7a3x3pykeOTyWOtRArGJqHIz_pK2PEkPW66UQ6jO8IQMyDKtLqdLFPpxJM/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/imu-breakout-graduate-fellowship-program) to support postgraduate studies, in a developing country, leading to a PhD degree in the mathematical sciences.  The IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowships offers a limited number of complete grants, with duration of up to four years, for excellent students from developing  
countries.

[Read  
more](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/EB-N4hm7-3BXKWOvf1rxOTe0Jq3rbLYkzrlVvGsRelN6ajzcnjRKXHjaT9Y_gXXex9MidFPHyOFlQo1Sl4_cGUfem5ZfJmzwUbwYd7WxlA7MmGtaA-NECKXpXhiMSAZKBcyiujzpzH5OAweYm7ZCC-xQv4aU6T1mLJ7wwTwD0dmezmgLFDtq2Pg6JnwSfgKUcJD_KuBY7DPOcuA59RqqJJe6ZoFf1QVeVyfGwaQ7RIc3waINKt7D679_VrQnTw9SZ6GCs5n6GETzuNgRN6RhuRrfAQ)

**News from the Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM)**

**SCGES webinar.**  The [Standing Committee for Gender Equality in  
Science](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/aglPP8O31wF941MW2obnXOPuxzq8_xeKrJYZoun5QiL8V_p9q2SBItiFqsnOZMSFKhI92OmFQy8U5RUZ_8W82M4dhGM29t_AIkDY0nfKekBDsIHniG7y3DYVnlzeoG6TI2V7xpqaUVB2VFJJECxVarr68Q5kG0fNZOnno0RAZs3W2SNKJbBs-dciKchjPB25uUPp8b17GguPGmvK4e1M) (SCGES) is launching its Webinar Series.  The aim is to create exchanges and interactions related to issues around Gender Equality in Science among various scientific  
communities.

The first session will take place on February 16th, 2022, from 4 pm to  
6 pm CET.  It is organized by the IMU and  
[ICIAM](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/EunHFjx09dgIxfP1vTMSrNq_KyfIFqlrfht02Ah1LYaeI4Fi5CCzILonhQy4NxbSBSCp6KsEq_E1A_t9Q0WQ1AQLH10oXKTbPbIIkHQRWP45QN4Q8nIK5C4ig6G9_6w4ixxG1lsmw9vLWjrIkS2FTvSlakqZzjbqhLwm-7_x00IuTaWUW05D2aFX), on the topic of Gender Equality in Mathematics.  See more and register  
[here](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/93LyJ5cSIZrEvtNWx_oFXTY7C00lC2CSqWQ6KF26cOiZDqqzSz9hDqJKsjwOUmpv7SbqjTFPT8wRFHi7LieJ9w8d-FA39N7RughlE3EVv9k-NE3OMV12_ruwMNvbnsCuf6O44_kdfAyRpmkNYZxEKQKSS5ajjEvn7gLaSwGKSCaUDtOhtNqLfbOM_3OLOK73RhKNQb828ZJg4SIvKY4_mT5VaHqhr_iR4SBAd1UAtqE5EGAPO8WHJfeAKVqAHjF8aAY8YGeyrKjfKQg).

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more](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/K0uHr0SrvNWF0ueFxAfnNvoQTrNw7AK4YCD6inifDT-oU-u-I6NvKDSTo240DiR67X-VnX6wcZ-lQJ7KVwtOXA5geTWhRzGW_2M1uhlzjmCuwPXxIMeuozvPbGQtzomuBxcXUSeJGZXAxwLvw5tgFweEHwUjwl9yG0NsSS6H4MiMJCrcaFu6Djx84RdwNjfstiDlTzrOZQTq_r1S4xO_fKxab1jT1fUsaD7TKdjYV_sbl_-rdigouRp1EKyeQfNG0dEMWTv4Y3XQHE5Ja2n_BYh0_FE)

**IDM 2022 – International Day of Mathematics**

**The**[**IDM 2022 event  
map**](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/0guaQLvk0FfOPj58oUYdd1sf2J-I_GxELSnpBbUK1qAH2PpwmExBEWR0NXYfcgupON7ZmY3Q_J244CI_hEWYaCE655rk79J-jd3dcLOqr6q7ouE6Z6KlBicyhlmPTXtl6N3A5eZ9UWVlEpHT6JCWAxfhxaek9bcns6YdmSGuJttyKiY_KYhql-nQ37bSsT7VLVwjCiB0leTHNYJR137ZMItY6RmksA)**is online**.  Anyone planning an IDM celebration in 2022 is [invited to make a pre-announcement](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/cQWfUvN4xfamiKMYhEpBPoRJE1jLN8v9Qja0rNu20AGdTd5cq1orpTCLxNcniSmVFi3k0_eyanMYKvSZmEhV7DvON9oKFGBVSxOkW4VKRixQodITwzCyNW2noMw7h_7mnmsM-OaY_IBBcOt61519WQ7yxbjozb68agyUxC9hWYZ5Rj8bSjd30WciOl-ambDqkN6OQFDyIgqX2q4p3ThBqvIzcN9Egahi62r_QH67aBQ835HlTsUqi6QulJR6CZw) on the [IDM website](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/XpBcjMCloVRzk8sRjr-X4iq3VVSYPfX7rWzggfYrvsAairdbdeEyHkZ2AEiB3oZrNoevpcUgMIYHBUryb4-FsOfn5BxgSUDfyDflFBeZ8g_RJEKKKxncsRSizoerrlPTdD4e_IWIyWSuNn823wAx24Z-UrxDzAzxuPVrrLMhJ0_-rtWkWu4CL4cyMIYE5Jz5); details on the planned event can be added  
later.
**The**[**MATHEMATICS UNITES Photo  
Challenge**](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/LqiN08RzJj6aCsj6BgfK6LlC5xGJTYsDT2eS2GllCIDnut_stn-WTDzCCK4pmdgjxWpflwGfYbRIYUfyJFY-hjwGfmBkmZujSnwntpW6icjkTVxFq9c9NvxB3ZoYXMB1lMmgLZKdoyt_iXtqYw8dlj-V3doVV89UcIaTpsjY-7CCmOcZXU3rtk3Ze_ThmfR7VSbyZEmrmV4Qtc_Ue3gOr1-scXu2e67pug)**is now on line.**  The participants are invited to take a picture of themselves with a mathematical object.  The deadline for sending photos is March 1, 2022, and the best photos will be posted in a gallery.  Please pass the invitation to the school networks of your country. Researchers, universities, institutes or societies are also invited to  
participate!

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more](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/wIJqU14dmosxGOboh5WamlFaeD7HNV2pTx3ZTHRlGi_955YXr64OhlonTAys0e1CUu31dx1tIFAV7y4whgTxcQ9vUwxN3kyqdJzT7-_VeByRJ3Plr7X1CzsVFZW8R-IhIVgRDgkA5b1sq5TBZgl6B0eHJBLMvztdnl3LVWPtYCGgVhYDBjNJ-MMj7dJUyc5ng0mrzBm-dhBuwzUz6dQEP6I_32vZInAk5EwyAffo1jLI5TQAXXOLKxH0Qrwkqt08zNkUgQPgyKYc2hsXYo6PhsGRQlg)

**DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize Winner 2021**

Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician at the [Indian Statistical  
Institute in  
Kolkata](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/v_f781QPsdlWQAeL8MvpjMz8N-OYrSkbCgO2LnmHcE4MNxy7N8LbiwelxEws_HajMFV-uztxI5iLHrshiQf6nieNdpWjdHqcCxYfZ7Iz2t-qoLR7QIc8LsVBpS88y93F87GJSD31ywBV2XrbyRly6iuJYR_uSqAESF6XUyOmxhJWgvm9kFaAl5ud9RrkBfnCYdo), has been awarded the 2021 [DST–ICTP–IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing  
Countries](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/0EHjR7VKExKvO4D03mjG2ELRsosobiHKjuKu7tUlOhoKAjto--Z4MuPk7P9x7tykgy8l24i-R5M6Y8am3w5_gwj3O1rG4m3hgcD7FZOzzYrT7R-UwcI80gFwzRu-u1TXZV-X3CzuZMnVIFDD8oMhaKAf_Z2lqxlDExpWY-45AXjlOECGlhG7iU0xdS0du_UP6DKfem8gGaq2TYdOsgiYGJ2EbjZ4mEsClG06KwheOPX9HEI2TGijbELR2Iwkv1U1oPI5yJVziojZ8cO7X0od).

Professor Gupta received the prize for her outstanding work in affine  
algebraic geometry and commutative algebra, in particular for her  
solution of the Zariski cancellation problem for affine spaces.  She  
is the third woman to receive the Ramanujan Prize, which was first  
awarded in 2005 and is administered by the  
[ICTP](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/NWK_8vA5v3bBnvc21feAHdRprimKMGJ1TFCrJYvuBEHi5YWGo9642mj8v25fbf2DxOwxjPJjsXLfE9YNQJB8w-441z_ET9B9sfJ-b7dxLG8u8m-1oeCFyqx0ptOtro77y5oTj3wF8QkgghCDtUUU3Ba5z-UNstMSm_BHQ8Ic6pUh77Ai7O8dTMG-l_NF) jointly with the [Department of Science and Technology](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/QaEjqgVq_JD1eTzKCSlBBjB9MgV5Ijy9H8nJbuyBLzJqP8HR0hGoBceUEIXoPn3sfGHGGg3dBy9qkVQhhRlwpGsq3glYBFdoZ6j2uJxtTvkGq-MxX8hjbxjZuX9RuHhH5QIuRO2be63j_aEFPvbjghsNAkf5zBXriMF2-Wzz0WKMwPnZXWe8pOQf9Mk) (DST, Government of India), and the  
IMU.

**IYBSSD 2022 – International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable  
Development**

On 2 December 2021, the United Nations General Assembly approved by  
consensus the resolution promulgating the year 2022 as the  
[International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable  
Development](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/0Rfno27_zm-mKd4kd4dv_9LCQ_pB_D2IGglVEwOysgT1nVQKf_TxSZFLwg0o93_QFo2xmRIIa21LME5kiZZrURiQcVzSLH4Lmkmj6UH7bDLBk4mow2EZVif_GNxC1rij4OwGw-0fxloISnYa5xJWMMqirAzwfEgwUyQcQyS7J2-YUt0ITxfsCZ9M15kZty3xdbrON9jWDf8EjiMRFqUesg).

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**News from ICM 2022: Chebyshev grant winners have been selected**

The Organizing Committee of the [International Congress of  
Mathematicians  
2022](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/O8RK6MUJIJhtVdB4kxDqxu_udfcsxC7j76HhPABLOmf2Sh4TC7KFb4dqm051v1kRcbZq39KRzYyFaPi4ZRskVOaWWYpv27mihXdiMvZqDpWxiCZ1ZfJKWd26AfUYH1k6gB8fPXihNx8D6RWMDXAfZ0ucfc8g6yMFOoPpo_4FiTT7mpLhhbqcUzSuPue3) have selected the recipients of the [Chebyshev grants](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/tdT_fFnSVox_7vMcHR5xeqH_9lJVsjWxXUruQfZZX3LOo5IhZzuRJitxVXiKPUwFcm4AizEFfVM8fNjT9oDedqamhjcNceh5_4B8uoQlBjFcSeP98sa17pRI1vRqB5f37PaIPCkCOO2TRoJQ8Wj-PzmqkNf91mDjFUeH3wj9YCnQQxVRrGViqZ4WAbhmCDJhOH_b) for attending ICM 2022.  All applicants should have received a notification at the email address provided during registration on the ICM website with information about the status of their  
application.

Applicants that have not received any notification are encouraged to  
check their spam folder and to contact  
[chebyshev en icm2022.org](mailto:chebyshev en icm2022.org) if they indeed  
have no news on their application.

**Abel Prize Winners**

The [Newsletter of the European Mathematical  
Society](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/-Qk3YXJjLPdP14yGfRtfhD8h2-OwSvM-Z6jtx_GM_fKW4LUvIoddNgs_4CF_kYKeXeDo1_k2HTseRQe7msK3YcT5J8Cgqnv5VVOqaHm74pnlaCRblei6OFgYI3oKju7T6mP11GtZIFAvaSH6nOxs8E6ntzVErwkl6nAZ03JL_jTVZkja-fGFm0cMpbdGdQvr4xg6fWn9GcwO) has published an [interview](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/OTIf8QbHBmN6bx5a8eG8tlt6eRAltmK6tc8-lW8kB68GUZaoKjVaTDLDOxM-uCb11giY3VrycGAgFK8x7NyER5z_OQPV56QIENaoudm5y3ORgmIX0ZFiryoeqyIqjiOxyv4BtGV-MY1XeY8kGvZM_FHVG-S52eig6QAmD_U59eNaN8toVBthXbhucJBTpvgzjf0UXDDG_31Npe4UIBM8Pm7BG6WTJHDDhu5j_snJ) with the 2021 Abel Prize Laureates L. Lovász an A. Wigderson.  The [interview is also](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/_wj1ZowfWUiX2AObspID8dPJ9ZPc0jIQdU3BgzRvl47moiraT67ayo2ygSMUBGH0VkF4Vc1KJQuXhxALcArqbBorfao2si_I5heWKImajuO2LjGV-I74RWnebm2PiLYRmF1n1XlN7-MMSCO7T4d41Cf9hXCiU_2Gg8GC5GSqdMo7GsB2zaKCWCkWeoeTLIfmxeLYVWCIcvouAbc4BXMrewavwmF0maTl) on the [YouTube Channel of the Abel  
Prize](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/A3Lw965FN-m7HVWh76m4RQ33sBry31C167IXBk7cWG4916eOoLtXn0SajLD9jQf8cZ5-Idq7Hrb8ld8nVxnFpj_S_U30BM3NfHXdsn50aQkM1dWUlY4VMvsG-WuApuf1gE1tXZsMTfw9zxRuat8N0au_OZ5e93VkFL-O_UfViyC0_SAv5nJ1M7At55B-d-KhUaYIVnOw2-xInuspf6WHByUjiPQvjThDnR8LN3THlOcFxrU).

[Jacques  
Tits](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/rb-IVP0iucd5_Yr3qR2n6-EtwAikGtgEWae3ChMpg6-aMGWQa0qhlNaTDyRTUC6RlN9D_2RbdoNXzJWgIReJtoEedLS9zpf2zLobUNUuCjSGmQgb7PqBS43Oo1esK0_immgTM97-LLplC8ZkjGN4XVvvT7Q8Ku0zLACH7HBOlYVSfzi6-PinH4706yyH0RNkNvwxeIJXN42EQGM7on7H45aF6GlTHLxdCcjKb1Pq87ckDugzNdZZKTuZs86-T1q3PysXgogIlVgFpElDfaMwQZviZPblqIdBi6wjthe54v1AgKCcSg), the 2008 Abel Prize Winner with John G. Thompson, passed away on 5 December 2021, at the age of 91.  Readers can find their Abel Prize interview  
[here](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/-SBVb_4IhcXUDWc_A69LcWDUC3Hn2rCUVVjMBOdRPce2Zc0aDo9ts1c34gzYrajsTLz5hISSDS5FmQu5SL3Jv2h5uwECR88ija0AD7h3nBtYMaEPaKAHAx29HHzhtmgQMP2xjipGhJaER8UJ-3y1Z1ousm37zfW4Tunyy7MmYmHEOnHoBe4HW_ZJ5WDNRhyfvsM-7olJ9jwywtnwOKWWwIvLcJcy41hl).

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