Editing Cahit Arf (section)

==Legacy==
Since 2001, the '''Arf lectures''' in honor of Cahit Arf have been held annually at the '''Cahit Arf Auditorium''' in the Department of Mathematics of [[Middle East Technical University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://math.metu.edu.tr/en/arf-lectures|title=Arf Lectures|publisher=[[Middle East Technical University]]|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref>  Each lecture is presented by a distinguished mathematician selected by the advisory board. Since 2006, the Arf Lecturers are invited to deliver their talks at [[IMBM |Istanbul Center for Mathematical Sciences]] (IMBM),  too. 
* 2022: [[Andrew Sutherland (mathematician)|Andrew Sutherland]] of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
* 2019: [[Geordie Williamson]] of [[The University of Sydney]]
* 2018: [[Fernando Rodriguez Villegas]] of The Abdus Salam [[International Centre for Theoretical Physics]]
* 2015: [[Vladimir Voevodsky]] of [[Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton]]
* 2013/14: [[Persi Diaconis]] of [[Stanford University]]
* 2012: [[David Nadler (mathematician)|David Nadler]] of [[Northwestern University]] and [[University of California, Berkeley]]
* 2011: [[Jonathan Pila]] of [[University of Oxford]]
* 2010: [[John Morgan (mathematician)|John W Morgan]] of [[Simons Center for Geometry and Physics]] at [[Stony Brook University]]
* 2009: [[Ben Joseph Green]] of [[University of Cambridge]]
* 2008: [[Günter Harder]] of [[University of Bonn|Mathematisches Institut der Universitat Bonn]] and [[Max Planck Institute for Mathematics]]
* 2007: [[Hendrik Lenstra]] of [[Universiteit Leiden]] Mathematisch Instituut
* 2006: [[Jean-Pierre Serre]] of [[Collège de France]]
* 2005: [[Peter Sarnak]] of [[Princeton University]] and the [[Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton]]
* 2004: [[Robert Langlands]] of the [[Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton]]
* 2003: [[David Mumford]] of [[Brown University]] Division of Applied Mathematics
* 2002: [[Don Zagier]] of [[University of Utrecht]] / [[Collège de France]]
* 2001: [[Gerhard Frey]] of [[University of Essen]] Institute for Experimental Mathematics