when was the first abel prize awarded?
2003
col : year | laureate(s) | citizenship | institution | citation row 1 : 2003 | jean-pierre serre | french | collège de france | "for playing a key role in shaping the modern form of many parts row 2 : 2004 | michael atiyah\nisadore singer | british\namerican | university of edinburgh\nmassachusetts institute of technology | "for their discovery and proof of the index theorem, row 3 : 2005 | peter lax | american | courant institute | "for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory and application of partial differential equations row 4 : 2006 | lennart carleson | swedish | royal institute of technology | "for his profound and seminal contributions to harmonic analysis and the theory row 5 : 2007 | s. r. srinivasa varadhan | indian/american | courant institute | "for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a row 6 : 2008 | john g. thompson\njacques tits | american\nbelgian/french | university of florida\ncollège de france | "for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory row 7 : 2009 | mikhail gromov | russian/french | institut des hautes études scientifiques\n | "for his revolutionary contributions to geometry" row 8 : 2010 | john t. tate | american | university of texas at austin | "for his vast and lasting impact on the theory of numbers" row 9 : 2011 | john milnor | american | stony brook university | "for pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry, and algebra" row 10 : 2012 | endre szemerédi | hungarian/american | alfréd rényi institute\nand rutger | "for his fundamental contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, and row 11 : 2013 | pierre deligne | belgian | institute for advanced study | "for seminal contributions to algebraic geometry and for their transformative row 12 : 2014 | yakov g. sinai | russian/american | landau institute for theoretical physics\nand princeton university | "for his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, ergodic theory
when was the first abel prize awarded?
Year Laureate(s) Citizenship Institution Citation
2003 Jean-Pierre Serre French Collège de France "for playing a key role in shaping the modern form of many parts of mathematics, including topology, algebraic geometry and number theory"
2004 Michael Atiyah\nIsadore Singer British\nAmerican University of Edinburgh\nMassachusetts Institute of Technology "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"
2005 Peter Lax American Courant Institute "for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory and application of partial differential equations and to the computation of their solutions"
2006 Lennart Carleson Swedish Royal Institute of Technology "for his profound and seminal contributions to harmonic analysis and the theory of smooth dynamical systems"
2007 S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan Indian/American Courant Institute "for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviation"
2008 John G. Thompson\nJacques Tits American\nBelgian/French University of Florida\nCollège de France "for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory"
2009 Mikhail Gromov Russian/French Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques\nCourant Institute "for his revolutionary contributions to geometry"
2010 John T. Tate American University of Texas at Austin "for his vast and lasting impact on the theory of numbers"
2011 John Milnor American Stony Brook University "for pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry, and algebra"
2012 Endre Szemerédi Hungarian/American Alfréd Rényi Institute\nand Rutgers University "for his fundamental contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, and in recognition of the profound and lasting impact of these contributions on additive number theory and ergodic theory"
2013 Pierre Deligne Belgian Institute for Advanced Study "for seminal contributions to algebraic geometry and for their transformative impact on number theory, representation theory, and related fields"
2014 Yakov G. Sinai Russian/American Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics\nand Princeton University "for his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics"
2003