Abel Prize Laureates
Abel prize is one of the most prestigious awards given for outstanding contribution in mathematics, often considered as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics. Niels Henrik Abel Memorial fund, established on 1 January 2002, awards the Abel Prize for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics. The prize amount is 6 million NOK (about 1010000 USD) and was awarded for the first time on 3 June 2003.
Following mathematicians have received this award since then:
Abel Prize, 2003
Jean Pierre Serre
for playing a key role in shaping the modern form of many parts of mathematics, including topology, algebraic geometry and number theory
Abel Prize, 2004
Sir Michael Atiyah & Isadore Singer
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
Abel Prize, 2005
Peter D. Lax
or his groundbreaking contributions to the theory and application of partial differential equations and to the computation of their solutions
Abel Prize, 2006
Lennart Carleson
for his profound and seminal contributions to harmonic analysis and the theory of smooth dynamical systems
Abel Prize, 2007
Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan
for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviation
Abel Prize, 2008
John Griggs Thompson & Jacques Tits
for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory
Abel Prize, 2009
Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov
for his revolutionary contributions to geometry
Abel Prize, 2010
John Torrence Tate
for his vast and lasting impact on the theory of numbers
Abel Prize, 2011
John Milnor
for pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry, and algebra
Abel Prize, 2012
Endre Szemerédi
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
Abel Prize, 2013
Pierre Deligne
for seminal contributions to algebraic geometry and for his transformative impact on number theory, representation theory, and related fields
Abel Prize, 2014
for his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics.
Abel Prize, 2015
John F. Nash Jr. and Louis Nirenberg
“For striking and seminal contributions to the theory of nonlinear partial differential equations and its applications to geometric analysis.”
Abel Prize, 2016
Andrew Wiles
“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.”
Abel Prize, 2017
Yves Meyer
“For his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets.”
Abel Prize, 2018
Robert Langlands
“For his visionary program connecting representation theory to number theory.”
Abel Prize, 2019
Karen Uhlenbeck
“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.”
