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Find about the history and motivation of the Prize with Chair of the Abel Prize committee Helge Holden in this article. You can also listen a podcast featuring Holden.

Kashiwara got the prize for contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory.

Talagrand was rewarded for his ground breaking contributions to probability theory and functional analysis, with outstanding applications in mathematical physics and statistics.

Caffarelli won an Abel for his work on the mathematics of change.

Sullivan won the Prize for work on a variety of topics, including dynamical systems.

The 2021 Abel Prize was shared by László Lovász and Avi Wigderson for their fundamental contributions to theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics, and their leading role in shaping them into central fields of modern mathematics. Find out about Lovász' work in this article.

The 2021 Abel Prize was shared by László Lovász and Avi Wigderson for their fundamental contributions to theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics, and their leading role in shaping them into central fields of modern mathematics. Find out about Wigdersons' work in this article.

The 2020 Abel Prize was shared by Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis for pioneering the use of methods from probability and dynamics in group theory, number theory and combinatorics.

Uhlenbeck was the first and so far only woman to be awarded an Abel Prize, for her pioneering work in geometry, analysis, mathematical physics and more.

Langlands was awarded an Abel Prize for a visionary programme that bridges previously unconnected areas of mathematics.

Meyer was honoured in 2027 for the development of an incredibly powerful mathematical tool: wavelet theory.

The 2016 Abel Prize went to Wiles for a proof that implied Fermat's very famous last theorem.

The 2015 Abel Prize was shared by John Nash and Louis Nirenberg for striking contributions to the theory of nonlinear partial differential equations and its applications to geometric analysis.

Sinai was awarded an Abel for his ability to see order in chaos.

The Abel Prize 2013 went to Deligne for seminal contributions to algebraic geometry and for their transformative impact on number theory, representation theory, and related fields.

Szemerédi got the prize for fundamental contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science.

The Abel Prize 2011 went to Milnor for pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry and algebra.

Tate was awarded an Abel Prize for his vast and lasting impact on the theory of numbers.

The Abel Prize 2009 went to Gromov for his revolutionary contributions to geometry.

John Griggs Thompson and Jacques Tits received the honour in 2008 for their profound achievements in algebra and for shaping modern group theory.

The 2007 Prize went to Varadhan for fundamental contributions to probability theory and in for creating a unified theory of large deviation.

Carleson was rewarded for his profound and seminal contributions to harmonic analysis and the theory of smooth dynamical systems.

The 2005 Abel Prize went to Lax for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory and application of partial differential equations and to the computation of their solutions.

The 2004 Abel Prize was shared by Atiyah and Singer 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.

The very first Abel Prize was awarded to Jean-Pierre Serre for shaping the modern form of many parts of mathematics, including topology, algebraic geometry and number theory.