Laureates
| Year | Laureate(s) | Citizenship | Institution | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Serre, Jean-PierreJean-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 | Atiyah, MichaelMichael Atiyah Singer, IsadoreIsadore Singer |
British American |
University of Edinburgh MIT |
"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 | Lax, PeterPeter Lax | American | Courant Institute, NYU | "for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory and application of partial differential equations and to the computation of their solutions" |
| 2006 | Carleson, LennartLennart Carleson | Swedish | Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan | "for his profound and seminal contributions to harmonic analysis and the theory of smooth dynamical systems" |
| 2007 | Varadhan, S. R. SrinivasaS. R. Srinivasa Varadhan | Indian American | Courant Institute, NYU | "for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviation" |
| 2008 | Thompson, John G.John G. Thompson Tits, JacquesJacques Tits |
American Belgian/French |
University of Florida Collège de France |
"for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory" |
| 2009 | Gromov, MikhailMikhail Gromov | Russian French |
IHÉS Courant Institute, NYU |
"for his revolutionary contributions to geometry" |
| 2010 | Tate, John T.John T. Tate | American | UT Austin | "for his vast and lasting impact on the theory of numbers" |
| 2011 | Milnor, JohnJohn Milnor | American | Stony Brook University | "for pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry, and algebra" |
| 2012 | Szemerédi, EndreEndre Szemerédi | Hungarian | Alfréd Rényi Institute and 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" |
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