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Jan Philip Sol"ovej
Born: June 14, 1961, Copenhagen, Oenmark; Education: Cand. Scient.
(Masters), University of Copenhagen, 1985; Ph.O., Princeton University,
1989. Employment: 1989-90: Visiting Assistant Professor, Oept. of Math.,
University of Michigan; 1990 (Fall): Post-doctoral fellow, Oept. of Math.,
University of Toronto; 1991 (Spring): Member, School of Math., Institute for
Advanced Study; 1991-1995: Assistant Professor, Oept. of Math., Princeton
Un iversity; 1995-1997: Research Professor (Forskningsprofessor), Oept. of
Math., Aarhus University; 1997-present: Professor, Oept. of Math., University
of Copenhagen.

Abstract: The Evolution of Fermi's statistical Theory of Atoms
In this talk I shall give a historical review of Fermi's statistical theory of atoms
with emphasis on rigorous work. The theory has had a great impact on
physics and chemistry, but has long been considered far too simplistic to be
of any practical interest. From a rigourous theoretical point of view however
the theory has had some very important applications. I will discuss these
briefly, but also argue that even from a practical point of view it may not be
quite fair to deem the theory'<too simplistic"