What is Abel Prize?
The '''Abel Prize''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑː|b|əl}} ({{lang-no|Abelprisen}}) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] prize awarded every year by the [[Government of Norway]] to one or more outstanding [[mathematician]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.holbergprisen.no/statutter-holbergprisen-og-nils-klim-prisen |title=Statutter for Holbergprisen og Nils Klim-prisen |access-date=2018-05-20 |archive-date=2018-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225010121/https://www.holbergprisen.no/statutter-holbergprisen-og-nils-klim-prisen |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is named after Norwegian mathematician [[Niels Henrik Abel]] (1802–1829) and modelled after the [[Nobel Prize]]s,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/science/robert-langlands-abel-prize-mathematics.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=4&pgtype=sectionfront|title = Robert P. Langlands Is Awarded the Abel Prize, a Top Math Honor}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/science/29conv.html?pagewanted=1&th&emc=th|title=From Budapest to Los Alamos, a Life in Mathematics|last=Dreifus|first=Claudia|date=29 March 2005|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/326/1|title=Russian Mathematician Wins Abel Prize|last=Cipra|first=Barry A.|date=26 March 2009|publisher=[[ScienceNOW]]|author-link=Barry A. Cipra|access-date=29 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329211817/http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/326/1|archive-date=29 March 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090326/full/news.2009.196.html |title=Geometer wins maths 'Nobel'|date=26 March 2009 |work=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |access-date=17 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/nyregion/01nyu.html |title=In N.Y.U.'s Tally of Abel Prizes for Mathematics, Gromov Makes Three|last=F