The Abel Prize is an international prize presented by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. Named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), the Abel Prize and the Fields Medal have often been described as the "Mathematician’s Nobel Prizes".

We would like to congratulate the 2024 Abel Prize recipient Michel Talagrand, who has been recognized by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters “for his groundbreaking contributions to probability theory and functional analysis, with outstanding applications in mathematical physics and statistics.”

Text originally appeared on abelprize.no. Karen Uhlenbeck first woman to win the Abel Prize. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2019 to Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck of the University of Texas at Austin, USA “for her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory and integrable systems, …

The Fields Medal, established in 1936 and named after the Canadian mathematician J. C. Fields, is one of the most prestigious awards in the field of mathematics and often described as the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics".

We would like to congratulate Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis on receiving the Abel Prize for 2020! They were recognized by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters "for pioneering the use of methods from probability and dynamics in …

Abel Prize - 2024. For his groundbreaking contributions to probability theory and functional analysis, with outstanding applications in mathematical physics and statistics.

Jan 11, 2019 · Abel Prize - 2004. Along with Isadore M. 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 - 2007. For his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviations.

Abel Prize - 2003. For playing a key role in shaping the modern form of many parts of mathematics, including topology, algebraic geometry and number theory.

May 23, 2015 · Abel Prize - 2015. Together with Louis Nirenberg, for striking and seminal contributions to the theory of nonlinear partial differential equations and its applications to geometric analysis.