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Abel Prize, award granted annually for research in mathematics, in commemoration of the brilliant 19th-century Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. AbelPrize TableofContents AbelPrize Introduction FastFacts Facts&RelatedContent Media Images More Contributors ArticleHistory Home Science Mathematics AbelPrize mathematicsaward Actions Cite verifiedCite Whileeveryefforthasbeenmadetofollowcitationstylerules,theremaybesomediscrepancies. Pleaserefertotheappropriatestylemanualorothersourcesifyouhaveanyquestions. SelectCitationStyle MLA APA ChicagoManualofStyle CopyCitation Share Share Sharetosocialmedia Facebook Twitter URL https://www.britannica.com/science/Abel-Prize GiveFeedback ExternalWebsites Feedback Corrections?Updates?Omissions?Letusknowifyouhavesuggestionstoimprovethisarticle(requireslogin). 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ExternalWebsites WolframMathWorld-AbelPrize By JeremyJohnGray • EditHistory TableofContents AbelPrize Seeallmedia RelatedTopics: mathematics ...(Showmore) NotableHonorees: PeterLax EndreSzemerédi JohnNash LennartCarleson ...(Showmore) Seeallrelatedcontent→ AbelPrize,awardgrantedannuallyforresearchinmathematics,incommemorationofthebrilliant19th-centuryNorwegianmathematicianNielsHenrikAbel.TheNielsHenrikAbelMemorialFundwasestablishedonJan.1,2002,anditisadministeredbytheNorwegianMinistryofEducationandResearch.Themainpurposeofthefundistoawardaninternationalprizefor“outstandingscientificworkinthefieldofmathematics.”Theprizeisalsointendedtohelpraisethestatusofmathematicsinsocietyandtostimulatetheinterestofyoungpeopleinmathematics.ResponsibilityfortheAbelPrizeandforotherusesofthefundslieswiththeNorwegianAcademyofScienceandLetters.ThefundalsosupportsoneortwoAbelSymposiaperyearonvariousbranchesofmathematics,andin2005thefundcreatedtheBerntMichaelHolmboeMemorialPrizeforthepromotionofexcellenceinteachingmathematics,inhonourofAbel’sownmathematicsteacher.Asthe100thanniversaryofAbel’sbirthapproachedin1902,plansforcreatingaprizeinAbel’snamehadbeenpromotedbytheNorwegianmathematicianSophusLie,buthediedin1899,andtheimpetusfadedwithhim.Itwasrevivedin1902byKingOscarII,whoorganizedmanyprizesduringhisreign,includingoneinthe1880soncelestialmechanicsthatwaswonbytheFrenchmathematicianHenriPoincaré.ThedemiseoftheunionbetweenSwedenandNorway,andtheresultinglossofrevenue,endedeffortstoestablishanannualmathematicsprize.Abel’sstatusinNorwayremainedhigh,though,and,whenplansforaprizewererevivedin2000—whichtheInternationalMathematicalUnionhaddesignatedtheWorldMathematicalYear—theymetwithwidespreadacceptance.Theprize,whichisworthabout$1million,wasfirstawardedin2003totheFrenchmathematicianJean-PierreSerre. ThewinnersoftheAbelPrizearelistedchronologicallybelow. AbelPrizewinners year name birthplace primaryresearch 2003 Jean-PierreSerre Bages,France algebraictopology 2004 MichaelAtiyah London,Eng. topology 2004 IsadoreSinger Detroit,Mich.,U.S. topology 2005 PeterLax Budapest,Hung. partialdifferentialequations 2006 LennartCarleson Stockholm,Swed. dynamicalsystems 2007 S.R.SrinivasaVaradhan Madras,India probabilitytheory 2008 JacquesTits Uccle,Belg. grouptheory 2008 JohnGriggsThompson Ottawa,Kan.,U.S. grouptheory 2009 MikhailGromov Boksitogorsk,Russia,U.S.S.R. geometry 2010 JohnTate Minneapolis,Minn.,U.S. numbertheory 2011 JohnWillardMilnor Orange,N.J.,U.S. differentialtopology 2012 EndreSzemerédi Budapest,Hung. discretemathematics 2013 PierreRenéDeligne Brussels,Belg. algebraicgeometry 2014 YakovSinai Moscow,Russia,U.S.S.R. chaostheory 2015 JohnF.Nash,Jr. Bluefield,W.Va.,U.S. partialdifferentialequations 2015 LouisNirenberg Hamilton,Ont.,Can. partialdifferentialequations 2016 AndrewJohnWiles Cambridge,Eng. numbertheory 2017 YvesMeyer France wavelettheory 2018 RobertP.Langlands NewWestminster,B.C.,Can. numbertheory/representationtheory 2019 KarenUhlenbeck Cleveland,Ohio,U.S. geometricpartialdifferentialequations/gaugetheory/integrablesystems 2020 HillelFurstenberg Berlin,Ger. probabilitytheory,dynamicalsystems 2020 GregoryMargulis Moscow,Russia probabilitytheory,dynamicalsystems 2021 LászlóLovász Budapest,Hungary theoreticalcomputerscience,discretemathematics AviWigderson Haifa,Israel theoreticalcomputerscience,discretemathematics 2022 DennisSullivan PortHuron,Mich.,U.S. topology JeremyJohnGray