The Abel, named after Niels Henrik Abel, a Norwegian mathematician, is set up more like the Nobels. Since 2003 it has been given annually to highlight important advances in mathematics.

The Abel Prize was also awarded to Princeton University mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr., the brilliant-but-troubled subject of the film “A Beautiful Mind.” ...

The Abel, named after Niels Henrik Abel, a Norwegian mathematician, is set up more like the Nobels. Since 2003 it has been given annually to highlight important advances in mathematics.

Masaki Kashiwara has won the 2025 Abel prize, sometimes called the Nobel prize of mathematics, for his work on algebraic analysis. Kashiwara, a professor at Kyoto University, Japan, received the ...

The Abel Prize recognizes achievements in mathematics at any stage of a mathematician’s career. The World Math Abel Prize was awarded to an Argentine professor and researcher, Luis Caffarelli ...

U.S. Mathematician Becomes First Woman To Win Abel Prize, 'Math's Nobel' "I find that I am bored with anything I understand," Karen Uhlenbeck once said. That sentiment is part of why she won what ...

The Abel Prize is awarded by the King of Norway to mathematicians who have greatly influenced their field, and includes a cash award of 6 million Norwegian kroner (about $700,000). The first prize ...

A mathematician who developed what some consider the "grand unified theory of mathematics" has won one of the most prestigious prizes in mathematics. Robert Langlands, an emeritus professor at the ...

The Abel Prize was established in 2002 as an award given to mathematicians who have made pioneering achievements. The prize money is 7.5 million Norwegian kroner (106 million yen, or $710,000).

The 2024 Abel Prize—the mathematics world’s Nobel Prize equivalent—has been awarded to Michel Talagrand for his advances in describing and predicting the universe’s randomness.

Masaki Kashiwara has won the 2025 Abel prize, sometimes called the Nobel prize of mathematics, for his work on algebraic analysis.. Kashiwara, a professor at Kyoto University, Japan, received the ...