1 Table of Contents: “... of Oslo, June 3, 2002 -- The Life of Niels Henrik Abel -- The Work of Niels Henrik Abel -- The Legacy...”

2 “... passionately, as one would a beloved woman. I was a slave, and sought no other sun in my life. Day and night I...”

3 Table of Contents: “... in positive characteristic -- Quantum groups and homology of local systems -- A lower bound for the size...”