Mathematics awards
Argentine-American Mathematician Luis Caffarelli Wins 2023 Abel Prize
The Abel Prize, named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel, is considered one of the highest honors in mathematics. The prize is conferred every year by the King of Norway and is awarded to one or more outstanding mathematicians. This ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2023
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SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022
The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize was recently bestowed to Yunqing Tang – an Assistant Professor at the University of California. Key facts The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022 was conferred to Yunqing Tang for her works in arithmetic and geometry of ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Breakthrough Prizes 2023- Winners
2023 Breakthrough Prizes conferred to individuals who made key contributions in the scientific growth. Key facts The Breakthrough Prizes are international awards conferred under three categories – mathematics, fundamental physics and life sciences. These awards give recognition to scientific advances ..
Month: Current affairs - September, 2022
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis receive Abel Prize
Hillel Furstenberg of Israel and Russian-American Gregory Margulis are the recipients of the prestigious Abel Prize for the year 2020, one of the highest awards in the field of Mathematics. The two mathematicians were selected for introducing the use of ..
Karen Uhlenbeck conferred with ‘Nobel prize of Mathematics’
Karen Uhlenbeck, a famous mathematician has become the first woman to receive the “Abel prize”, also known as the Nobel prize of mathematics. She has been awarded 6 million Norwegian kroner ($700,000) prize for her work in the fields of ..
Karen Uhlenbeck recipient of 2019 Abel Prize for mathematics
Prof. Karen Uhlenbeck of the University of Texas at Austin has become first woman to win the Abel Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious international mathematics awards. The award is sometimes called the Nobel Prize of mathematics. She has ..
Noted Mathematician Michael Atiyah passes away
Prof. Sir Michael Atiyah (89), the noted British mathematician has passed away in United Kingdom on 11th January 2019. He was best known for his co-development of a branch of mathematics called topological K-theory and the Atiyah-Singer index theorem. His ..
Robert Langlands of Canada wins 2018 Abel Prize
Canadian mathematician Robert P. Langlands has won the prestigious Abel Prize 2018 for his visionary programme connecting representation theory to number theory. The 81-year-old mathematician would receive the award from Norway’s King Harald V at an award ceremony in Oslo ..