... mathematical research [which] has had an impact outside mathematics -- either in technology, in business, or simply in people's everyday lives.

... for laying the foundations of the theory of Stochastic Differential Equationsand Stochastic Analysis

... for fundamental contributions tonumber theory,operator theoryandharmonic analysis, and his pivotal role in the development of wavelets and multiresolution analysis

... for his influential contributions to several fields inapplied mathematicsand for his far-ranging inventions that have changed our conception of physical, perceptual, and mathematical concepts, giving us new tools to apprehend the world

... for his fundamental contributions to the mathematical, statistical and computational analysis of important problems insignal processing

... for deep mathematical contributions of exceptional breadth which have shaped the fields of quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, computational chemistry, and quantum information theory.

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