The highest honour in maths has been awarded to four mathematicians

The mathematics of Grigori Perelman may earn him a million dollars, if no holes are found in his proof of the Poincaré Conjecture.

Winning the first Abel Prize just might elevate mathematician Jean-Pierre Serre to celebrity status!

In the film "Good Will Hunting", Matt Damon plays a poor janitor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is a self-taught mathematical protégé, discovered by an established mathematician and Fields medal winner.  What exactly is a Fields medal?