From 2002, Abel awards to mathematicians

2001/08/27 Mendiburu, Joana - Elhuyar Zientziaren Komunikazioa

• Matematika

Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian Prime Minister, presented on 23 August the Abel International Prize for Mathematics. The first award will be held in 2002 and, like the Nobel Laureates, aims to reward not only researchers but also research. However, this award has a particularity: Unlike the Nobel laureates, he wants to underline the importance of mathematics.

Nobel Prizes XIX. Alfred B. They were created by the Swedish chemist Nobel. In 1901 the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Physiology, Literature and Peace were awarded for the first time, and in 1969 the Economic Sciences Awards. The Nobel Laureates every year 5 people or institutions who have worked for the good of humanity.

Henceforth, in order to fill the void of the Nobel Prize, the Abel prize will reward mathematicians. Abel Norway XIX. He was a great mathematician of the 20th century. At the age of 27 he died affected by tuberculosis and, unfortunately, his works were praised after his death. He worked a lot on elliptical functions and he is owed, among other things, the concept of "algebraic number".