Abel Prize
international prize presented by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians, created in 2003
The Abel Prize /ˈɑːbəl/ (Norwegian: Abelprisen) is a Norwegian prize awarded every year by the Government of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.[1] It is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829) and modelled after the Nobel Prizes,[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] the award was established in 2001 by the Government of Norway and complements its sister prize in the humanities, the Holberg Prize.
It comes with a monetary award of 6 million Norwegian kroner (NOK) (around €650,000).[9]
Winners
changeYear | Laureate(s) | Image | Institution(s) | Citation |
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2003 | Jean-Pierre Serre | Collège de France | "For playing a key role in shaping the modern form of many parts of mathematics, including topology, algebraic geometry and number theory."[10] | |
2004 | Michael Atiyah | University of Edinburgh | "For their discovery and proof of the index theorem, bringing together topology, geometry and analysis, and their outstanding role in building new bridges between mathematics and theoretical physics."[11] | |
Isadore Singer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley | |||
2005 | Peter Lax | Courant Institute | "For his groundbreaking contributions to the theory and application of partial differential equations and to the computation of their solutions."[12] | |
2006 | Lennart Carleson | Royal Institute of Technology | "For his profound and seminal contributions to harmonic analysis and the theory of smooth dynamical systems."[13] | |
2007 | S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan | Courant Institute | "For his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviation."[14] | |
2008 | John G. Thompson | University of Florida | "For their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory."[15] | |
Jacques Tits | Collège de France | |||
2009 | Mikhail Gromov | Institut des hautes études scientifiques[16] and Courant Institute[17] | "For his revolutionary contributions to geometry."[18] | |
2010 | John Tate | University of Texas at Austin | "For his vast and lasting impact on the theory of numbers."[19] | |
2011 | John Milnor | Stony Brook University | "For pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry, and algebra."[20] | |
2012 | Endre Szemerédi | Alfréd Rényi Institute and Rutgers University |
"For his fundamental contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, and in recognition of the profound and lasting impact of these contributions on additive number theory and ergodic theory."[21] | |
2013 | Pierre Deligne | Institute for Advanced Study | "For seminal contributions to algebraic geometry and for their transformative impact on number theory, representation theory, and related fields."[22] | |
2014 | Yakov Sinai | Princeton University and Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics[23] | "For his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics."[24] | |
2015 | John F. Nash Jr. | Princeton University | "For striking and seminal contributions to the theory of nonlinear partial differential equations and its applications to geometric analysis."[25] | |
Louis Nirenberg | Courant Institute | |||
2016 | Andrew Wiles | University of Oxford[26][27] | "For his stunning proof of Fermat's Last Theorem by way of the modularity conjecture for semistable elliptic curves, opening a new era in number theory."[28] | |
2017 | Yves Meyer | École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay | "For his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets."[29] | |
2018 | Robert Langlands | Institute for Advanced Study | "For his visionary program connecting representation theory to number theory."[30] | |
2019 | Karen Uhlenbeck | University of Texas at Austin | "For her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory and integrable systems, and for the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry and mathematical physics."[31][32] | |
2020 | Hillel Furstenberg | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | "For pioneering the use of methods from probability and dynamics in group theory, number theory and combinatorics."[33] | |
Grigory Margulis | Yale University | |||
2021 | László Lovász | Eötvös Loránd University | "For their foundational contributions to theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics, and their leading role in shaping them into central fields of modern mathematics".[34] | |
Avi Wigderson | Institute for Advanced Study | |||
2022 | Dennis Sullivan | Stony Brook University | "For his groundbreaking contributions to topology in its broadest sense, and in particular its algebraic, geometric and dynamical aspects."[35] |
References
change- ↑ "Statutter for Holbergprisen og Nils Klim-prisen". Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ↑ "Robert P. Langlands Is Awarded the Abel Prize, a Top Math Honor".
- ↑ Dreifus, Claudia (29 March 2005). "From Budapest to Los Alamos, a Life in Mathematics". The New York Times.
- ↑ Cipra, Barry A. (26 March 2009). "Russian Mathematician Wins Abel Prize". ScienceNOW. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ "Geometer wins maths 'Nobel'". Nature. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ↑ Foderaro, Lisa W. (31 May 2009). "In N.Y.U.'s Tally of Abel Prizes for Mathematics, Gromov Makes Three". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ↑ "Abel Prize Awarded: The Mathematicians' Nobel". The Mathematical Association of America. April 2004. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ↑ Piergiorgio Odifreddi; Arturo Sangalli (2006). The Mathematical Century: The 30 Greatest Problems of the Last 100 Years. Princeton University Press. p. 6. ISBN 0-691-12805-7.
- ↑ "Google Currency Converter". Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2003". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2004". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2005". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2006". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2007". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2008". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "The Abel Committee's Citation 2009". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ Foderaro, Lisa W. (31 May 2009). "In N.Y.U.'s Tally of Abel Prizes for Mathematics, Gromov Makes Three". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2009". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2010". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2011". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2012". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2013". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ "The Abel Committee's Citation 2014". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2014". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureates 2015". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "The Abel Committee's Citation 2016". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "Sir Andrew J. Wiles receives the Abel Prize" (Press release). The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2016". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2017". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureate 2018". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ↑ "Karen Uhlenbeck first woman to win the Abel Prize". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ↑ Chang, Kenneth (19 March 2019). "Karen Uhlenbeck Is First Woman to Receive Abel Prize in Mathematics - Dr. Uhlenbeck helped pioneer geometric analysis, developing techniques now commonly used by many mathematicians". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureates 2020". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ↑ "The Abel Prize Laureates 2021". The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ↑ "Dennis Parnell Sullivan GS '66 wins 2022 Abel Prize". The Princetonian. Retrieved 2022-04-02.