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My Take
Oded Schramm belongs to that rare tier of minds who quietly redraw the map of human knowledge. His invention of the Schramm-Loewner evolution gave probability theory and conformal field theory a shared language, and the cascade of honors he collected, from the Erdős and Salem prizes to the Poincaré Prize, only hints at his influence. What moves me most is the tragedy of timing: he died in a mountaineering accident at just forty-six, with so much left to give. I cannot follow the equations, but I can recognize a thinker whose ideas will outlive everyone who knew him. He earns my deepest respect.
Overview
Oded Schramm (Hebrew: עודד שרם; December 10, 1961 – September 1, 2008) was an Israeli-American mathematician known for the invention of the Schramm–Loewner evolution (SLE) and for working at the intersection of conformal field theory and probability theory.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Oded Schramm
- Name (Japanese)
- オデッド・シュラム
- Reading
- おでっど・しゅらむ
- Born
- December 10, 1961 – September 1, 2008
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Ox
- Origin
- Jerusalem, Quds Governorate, Israel
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- mathematician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Princeton University
Awards & achievements
- 2007 Ostrowski Prize
- 2003 Henri Poincaré Prize
- 2001 Salem Prize
- 1996 Anna and Lajos Erdős Prize in Mathematics
- 2006 George Pólya Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.