This year, the Abel Prize — the field’s highest honor — has been awarded to Masaki Kashiwara, prolific Japanese mathematician ... the Chern Medal, and dozens of other accolades.

The Abel Prize is often likened to the Fields Medal, which was created as an alternative to the Nobel Prize, as the Nobel Prize does not have a category for mathematics. Since 1936, the Fields ...

Japanese mathematician Kashiwara Masaki has won this year's Abel Prize. The award ... similar to the Fields Medal for young mathematicians. The Norwegian academy that awards the prize says ...