Question: Abel Prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in which of the following field?
(a) Biology
(b) Chemistry
(c) Astronomy
(d) Mathematics
Ans (d)
Related facts:
- On 15 March 2016 Abel Prize winner was named by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters in Oslo.
- Sir Andrew John Wiles won the Abel Prize of 2016. He is a Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford, specializing in number theory.
- He won the award for solving a centuries-old hypothesis, Fermat’s Last Theorem.
- Crown Prince Haakon will present the award to Wiles on 24 May 2016 for an achievement that the academy described as an epochal moment for mathematics.
- This award is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel the award was established in 2001 followed by Niels Henrik Abel fund in 2002.
- The Abel Prize recognizes contributions of extraordinary depth and influence to the mathematical sciences and has been awarded annually since 2003.
- The first Abel Prize was awarded to the French mathematician Jean-Pierre Sarre on 3 June 2003.
- It carries a cash award of NOK 6,000,000 (about EUR 600,000 or USD 700,000).
- Abel Prize and all related events are funded by the Norwegian Government.
- The 2015 edition of prize was bestowed upon American mathematician John F. Nash Jr. and Louis Nirenberg.
Reference:
http://www.abelprize.no/
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