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{{Short description|Norwegian international mathematics prize}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Abel Prize
| image = Abel Prisen.svg
| image_upright = 0.9
| caption = Abel Prize logo
| alt = Portrait of Niels Henrik Abel
| awarded_for = Outstanding scientific work in the field of [[mathematics]]
| presenter = [[Government of Norway]]
| country = [[Norway]]
| year = 2003
| holder = [[Masaki Kashiwara]] (2025)
| website = [http://www.abelprize.no/ www.abelprize.no]
}}

The '''Abel Prize''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑː|b|əl}} {{respell|AH|bəl}}; {{langx|no|Abelprisen}} {{IPA|no|ˈɑ̀ːbl̩ˌpriːsn̩|}}) is awarded annually by the [[King of Norway]] to one or more outstanding [[mathematician]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statutes for Niels Henrik Abel's Prize in Mathematics (The Abel Prize) |url=https://abelprize.no/node/67 |access-date=21 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref> It is named after the Norwegian mathematician [[Niels Henrik Abel]] (1802–1829) and directly modeled after the [[Nobel Prize]]s;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/science/robert-langlands-abel-prize-mathematics.html|title=Robert P. Langlands Is Awarded the Abel Prize, a Top Math Honor|work=The New York Times |date=20 March 2018 |access-date=23 March 2018|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403090347/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/science/robert-langlands-abel-prize-mathematics.html|url-status=live|last1=Chang |first1=Kenneth}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/science/29conv.html|title=From Budapest to Los Alamos, a Life in Mathematics|last=Dreifus|first=Claudia|date=29 March 2005|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=18 February 2017|archive-date=29 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529200141/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/science/from-budapest-to-los-alamos-a-life-in-mathematics.html|url-status=live}}</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=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090326/full/news.2009.196.html |title=Geometer wins maths 'Nobel' |date=26 March 2009 |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |doi=10.1038/news.2009.196 |access-date=17 October 2012 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322064800/http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090326/full/news.2009.196.html |url-status=live |last1=Laursen |first1=Lucas|url-access=subscription }}</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=Foderaro |first=Lisa W. |date=31 May 2009 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=17 October 2012 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402161443/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/nyregion/01nyu.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="maa">{{cite web|last=Devlin|first=Keith|author-link=Keith Devlin|url=http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_04_04.html|title=Abel Prize Awarded: The Mathematicians' Nobel|date=April 2004 |publisher=[[Mathematical Association of America]] |access-date=4 November 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827093315/http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_04_04.html |archive-date=27 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cRKWBYXtvAcC&pg=PA6|title=The Mathematical Century: The 30 Greatest Problems of the Last 100 Years|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2006|isbn=0-691-12805-7|page=6|author1=Piergiorgio Odifreddi|author2=Arturo Sangalli|access-date=23 March 2016|archive-date=29 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229113829/https://books.google.com/books?id=cRKWBYXtvAcC&pg=PA6|url-status=live}}</ref> as such, it is sometimes considered the [[Nobel Prize of mathematics]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-03-26 |title=Abel Prize Awarded to Japanese Mathematician Who Abstracted Abstractions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/science/abel-prize-math-masaki-kashiwara.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250916043712/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/science/abel-prize-math-masaki-kashiwara.html |archive-date=2025-09-16 |access-date=2025-12-05 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref> It comes with a medal and a monetary award of 7.5 million [[Norwegian krone]]r (NOK, about {{US$|{{round|{{ToUSD|7500000|NOR}}|-3}}|link=yes}} in {{year|{{date}}}}; increased from 6 million NOK in 2019).

The Abel Prize's history dates back to 1899, when its establishment was proposed by the Norwegian mathematician [[Sophus Lie]] when he learned that [[Alfred Nobel]]'s plans for annual prizes [[Nobel Prize controversies#AnchorNoMathematics|would not include a prize in mathematics]]. In 1902, [[Oscar II of Sweden|King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway]] indicated his willingness to finance the creation of a mathematics prize to complement the Nobel Prizes, but the establishment of the prize was prevented by the [[dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden]] in 1905. It took almost a century before the prize was finally established by the Government of Norway in 2001, and it was specifically intended "to give the mathematicians their own equivalent of a Nobel Prize."<ref name="maa" /> The laureates are selected by the Abel Committee, the members of whom are appointed by the [[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]].

The award ceremony takes place in the [[wikt:aula#Latin|aula]] of the [[University of Oslo]], where the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] was awarded between 1947 and 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oslooperahouse.com/oslo-university-of-oslo/|title=University of Oslo|publisher=Oslo Opera House|access-date=22 December 2012|archive-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074322/http://www.oslooperahouse.com/oslo-university-of-oslo/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Abel Prize board has also established an Abel symposium, administered by the [[Norwegian Mathematical Society]], which takes place twice a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abelprize.no/|title=Main Page|publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|access-date=26 July 2012|archive-date=18 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618081659/https://www.abelprize.no/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
The prize was first proposed in 1899, to be part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of [[Niels Henrik Abel]]'s birth in 1802.<ref name="History">{{cite web |title=The History of the Abel Prize |url=https://abelprize.no/page/history-abel-prize |access-date=21 July 2022 |website=www.abelprize.no}}</ref> The Norwegian mathematician [[Sophus Lie]] proposed establishing an Abel Prize when he learned that [[Alfred Nobel]]'s plans for annual prizes would not include a prize in mathematics. [[Oscar II of Sweden|King Oscar II]] was willing to finance a mathematics prize in 1902, and the mathematicians [[Ludwig Sylow]] and [[Carl Størmer]] drew up statutes and rules for the proposed prize. However, Lie's influence decreased after his death, and the [[Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden|dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway]] in 1905 ended the first attempt to create an Abel Prize.<ref name="History" />

[[File:Oslo Universitet 2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|The prize is awarded in the aula of the ''Domus Media'' building of the [[University of Oslo Faculty of Law]], where the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] was formerly awarded (it is now presented in [[Oslo City Hall]])]]

After interest in the concept of the prize had risen in 2001, a working group was formed to develop a proposal, which was presented to the Prime Minister of Norway in May. In August 2001, the Norwegian government announced that the prize would be awarded beginning in 2002, the two-hundredth anniversary of Abel's birth. [[Atle Selberg]] received an honorary Abel Prize in 2002, but the first actual Abel Prize was awarded in 2003.<ref name="History" /><ref>{{MacTutor Biography|id=Selberg|title=Atle Selberg}}</ref>

A book series presenting Abel Prize laureates and their research was commenced in 2010. The first three volumes cover the years 2003–2007, 2008–2012, and 2013–2017 respectively.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.springer.com/math/history+of+mathematics/book/978-3-642-01372-0 |title=The Abel Prize 2003–2007 |publisher=Springer |year=2010 |isbn=978-3-642-01372-0 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-01373-7 |editor=H. Holden |editor1-link=Helge Holden |editor2=R. Piene |editor2-link=Ragni Piene |place=Heidelberg |access-date=28 August 2017 |archive-date=1 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101064819/http://www.springer.com/math/history+of+mathematics/book/978-3-642-01372-0 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.springer.com/mathematics/history+of+mathematics/book/978-3-642-39448-5 |title=The Abel Prize 2008–2012 |publisher=Springer |year=2014 |isbn=978-3-642-39449-2 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-39449-2 |editor=H. Holden |editor1-link=Helge Holden |editor2=R. Piene |editor2-link=Ragni Piene |place=Heidelberg |access-date=28 August 2017 |archive-date=21 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221210849/http://www.springer.com/mathematics/history+of+mathematics/book/978-3-642-39448-5 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319990279 |title=The Abel Prize 2013–2017 |publisher=Springer |year=2019 |isbn=978-3-319-99027-9 |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-99028-6 |editor=H. Holden |editor1-link=Helge Holden |editor2=R. Piene |editor2-link=Ragni Piene |place=Heidelberg |s2cid=239378974 |access-date=6 August 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806205643/https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319990279 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, [[Karen Uhlenbeck]] became the first woman to win the Abel Prize, with the award committee citing "the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry and mathematical physics.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Change|first1=Kenneth |title=Karen Uhlenbeck Is First Woman to Receive Abel Prize in Mathematics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/science/karen-uhlenbeck-abel-prize.html |access-date=19 March 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=19 March 2019 |archive-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504033839/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/science/karen-uhlenbeck-abel-prize.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
The [[Bernt Michael Holmboe]] Memorial Prize was created in 2005. Named after Abel's teacher, it promotes excellence in teaching.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/science/Abel-Prize|title=Abel Prize &#124; mathematics award|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=19 May 2020|archive-date=26 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126120202/https://www.britannica.com/science/Abel-Prize|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Selection criteria and funding ==
Anyone may submit a nomination for the Abel Prize, although self-nominations are not permitted. The nominee must be alive. If the awardee dies after being declared the winner, the prize will be awarded posthumously.

The [[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]] declares the winner of the Abel Prize each March after recommendation by the Abel Committee, which consists of five leading mathematicians. Both Norwegians and non-Norwegians may serve on the Committee. They are elected by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and nominated by the [[International Mathematical Union]] and the [[European Mathematical Society]].<ref name="History" /><ref name="Nomination">{{cite web|url=http://www.abelprize.no/c53676/artikkel/vis.html?tid=53705&strukt_tid=53676|title=Nomination Guidelines|publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|access-date=26 July 2012|archive-date=2 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193126/http://www.abelprize.no/c53676/artikkel/vis.html?tid=53705&strukt_tid=53676|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Funding ===
The Norwegian Government gave the prize an initial funding of NOK 200 million (about €21.7 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/finance/converter?a=200000000&from=NOK&to=EUR&meta=ei%3DPknZWIj5OMTCsQHZ8JYg|title=Google Currency Converter|access-date=27 March 2017|archive-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328022503/https://www.google.com/finance/converter?a=200000000&from=NOK&to=EUR&meta=ei=PknZWIj5OMTCsQHZ8JYg|url-status=dead}}</ref>) in 2001. Previously, the funding came from the Abel foundation, but today the prize is financed directly through the national budget.

The funding is controlled by the Board, which consists of members elected by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.<ref name="Nomination" /> The current board consists of [[Ingrid Kristine Glad]] (chair), Aslak Bakke Buan, Helge K. Dahle, Kristin Vinje, Cordian Riener and Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Abel Board |url=https://abelprize.no/node/154 |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=www.abelprize.no |language=en}}</ref>

== Laureates ==
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!scope=col|Year
!scope=col|Laureate(s)
!scope=col class=unsortable|Image
!scope=col|Institution(s)
!scope=col class=unsortable|Citation
|-
!scope=row |2003
|{{sortname|Jean-Pierre|Serre}}
|[[File:Jean-Pierre Serre 2003.jpg|100px|alt=Jean-Pierre Serre]]
|[[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]]."<ref>{{cite web |title=2003: Jean-Pierre Serre |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2003 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row rowspan=2 |2004
|{{sortname|Michael|Atiyah}}
|[[File:Michael Francis Atiyah (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Michael Atiya]]
|[[University of Edinburgh]]<br>[[University of Cambridge]]
|rowspan=2 |"For their discovery and proof of the [[Atiyah–Singer index theorem|index theorem]], bringing together [[topology]], [[geometry]] and [[Mathematical analysis|analysis]], and their outstanding role in building new bridges between mathematics and [[theoretical physics]]."<ref>{{cite web |title=2004: Sir Michael Francis Atiyah and Isadore M. Singer |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2004 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Isadore|Singer}}
|[[File:Isadore Singer 1977 (re-scanned 2; border-less) (cleaned) (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Isadore Singer]]
|[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]<br/>[[University of California, Berkeley]]
|-
!scope=row |2005
|{{sortname|Peter|Lax}}
|[[File:Peter Lax in Tokyo.jpg|100px|alt=Peter Lax]]
|[[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences|Courant Institute]] (NYU)
|"For his groundbreaking contributions to the theory and application of [[partial differential equation]]s and to the computation of their solutions."<ref>{{cite web |title=2005: Peter D. Lax |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2005 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row |2006
|{{sortname|Lennart|Carleson}}
|[[File:Carleson cropped.jpg|100px|alt=Lennart Carleson]]
|[[Royal Institute of Technology]]
|"For his profound and seminal contributions to [[harmonic analysis]] and the theory of smooth [[dynamical system]]s."<ref>{{cite web |title=2006: Lennart Carleson |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2006 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row |2007
|{{sortname|S. R. Srinivasa|Varadhan}}
|[[File:Srinivasa Varadhan Heidelberg.JPG|100px|alt=S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan]]
|[[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences|Courant Institute]] (NYU)
|"For his fundamental contributions to [[probability theory]] and in particular for creating a unified [[Large deviations theory|theory of large deviation]]."<ref>{{cite web |title=2007: Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2007 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row rowspan=2 |2008
|{{sortname|John G.|Thompson}}
|[[File:John Griggs Thompson (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=John Griggs Thompson]]
|[[University of Florida]]
|rowspan=2 |"For their profound achievements in [[algebra]] and in particular for shaping modern [[group theory]]."<ref>{{cite web |title=2008: John Griggs Thompson and Jacques Tits |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2008 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Jacques|Tits}}
|[[File:Jacques Tits (2008) (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Jacques Tits]]
|[[Collège de France]]
|-
!scope=row |2009
|{{sortname|Mikhail|Gromov|Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov}}
|[[File:Mikhael Gromov (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov]]
|[[Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abelprize.no/binfil/download.php?tid=53787|title=The Abel Committee's Citation 2009|publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|access-date=9 August 2016|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822084754/http://www.abelprize.no/binfil/download.php?tid=53787|url-status=live}}</ref><br>[[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences|Courant Institute]] (NYU)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Foderaro |first=Lisa W. |date=31 May 2009 |title=In N.Y.U.'s Tally of Abel Prizes for Mathematics, Gromov Makes Three |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/nyregion/01nyu.html |access-date=17 October 2012 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402161443/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/nyregion/01nyu.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|"For his revolutionary contributions to geometry."<ref>{{cite web |title=2009: Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2009 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row |2010
|{{sortname|John|Tate|John Tate (mathematician)}}
|[[File:John Tate (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=John Tate]]
|[[University of Texas at Austin]]
|"For his vast and lasting impact on the [[number theory|theory of numbers]]."<ref>{{cite web |title=2010: John Torrence Tate |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2010 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row |2011
|{{sortname|John|Milnor}}
|[[File:John Milnor, 1993 Oct (portioned).jpg|100px|alt=John Milnor]]
|[[Stony Brook University]]
|"For pioneering discoveries in [[topology]], [[geometry]], and [[algebra]]."<ref>{{cite web |title=2011: John Milnor |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2011 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row |2012
|{{sortname|Endre|Szemerédi}}
|[[File:Szemeredi1.JPG|100px|alt=Endre Szemeredi]]
|[[Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics|Alfréd Rényi Institute]]<br>[[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]]."<ref>{{cite web |title=2012: Endre Szemerédi |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2012 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row |2013
|{{sortname|Pierre|Deligne}}
|[[File:Pierre Deligne (2005) (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Pierre Deligne]]
|[[Institute for Advanced Study]]
|"For seminal contributions to [[algebraic geometry]] and for their transformative impact on [[number theory]], [[representation theory]], and related fields."<ref>{{cite web |title=The Abel Prize Laureate 2013 |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2013 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row |2014
|{{sortname|Yakov|Sinai}}
|[[File:Yakov G Sinai photo.jpg|100px|alt=Yakov G Sinai]]
|[[Princeton University]]<br>[[Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abelprize.no/binfil/download.php?tid=61129|title=The Abel Committee's Citation 2014|publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|access-date=9 August 2016|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822090637/http://www.abelprize.no/binfil/download.php?tid=61129|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|"For his fundamental contributions to [[dynamical system]]s, [[ergodic theory]], and [[mathematical physics]]."<ref>{{cite web |title=2014: Yakov G. Sinai |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2014 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row rowspan=2 |2015
|{{sortname|John F.|Nash Jr.|John Forbes Nash Jr.}}
|[[File:John Forbes Nash, Jr. by Peter Badge cropped.jpg|100px|alt=John Forbes Nash Jr.]]
|[[Princeton University]]
|rowspan=2 |"For striking and seminal contributions to the theory of nonlinear [[partial differential equation]]s and its applications to [[geometric analysis]]."<ref>{{cite web |title=2015: John F. Nash and Louis Nirenberg |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2015 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Louis|Nirenberg}}
|[[File:Louis Nirenberg (cropped).jpeg|100px|alt=Louis Nirenberg]]
|[[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences|Courant Institute]] (NYU)
|-
!scope=row |2016
|{{sortname|Andrew|Wiles|Andrew Wiles}}
|[[File:Andrew wiles1-3.jpg|100px|alt=Andrew Wiles]]
|[[University of Oxford]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abelprize.no/binfil/download.php?tid=67059|title=The Abel Committee's Citation 2016|publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|access-date=9 August 2016|archive-date=2 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802002116/http://www.abelprize.no/binfil/download.php?tid=67059|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.abelprize.no/binfil/download.php?tid=67066|title=Sir Andrew J. Wiles receives the Abel Prize|publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|access-date=9 August 2016|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822084635/http://www.abelprize.no/binfil/download.php?tid=67066|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|"For [[Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem|his stunning proof]] of [[Fermat's Last Theorem]] by way of the modularity conjecture for semistable elliptic curves, opening a new era in number theory."<ref>{{cite web |title=2016: Sir Andrew J. Wiles |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2016 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row |2017
|{{sortname|Yves|Meyer|Yves Meyer}}
|[[File:Yves Meyer.jpg|100px|alt=Yves Meyer]]
|[[École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay]]
|"For his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of [[wavelet]]s."<ref>{{cite web |title=2017: Yves Meyer |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2017 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row |2018
|{{sortname|Robert|Langlands}}
|[[File:Langlands2 (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Robert Langlands]]
|[[Institute for Advanced Study]]
|"For [[Langlands program|his visionary program]] connecting representation theory to number theory."<ref>{{cite web |title=2018: Robert P. Langlands |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2018 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row |2019
|{{sortname|Karen|Uhlenbeck}}
|[[File:Karen Uhlenbeck (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Karen Uhlenbeck]]
|[[University of Texas at Austin]]
|"For her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, [[gauge theory]] and [[integrable systems]], and for the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry and mathematical physics."<ref>{{cite web |title=2019: Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2019 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row rowspan=2 |2020
|{{sortname|Hillel|Furstenberg}}
|[[File:Professor Hillel Furstenberg Cropped.jpg|100px|alt=Hillel (Harry) Furstenberg]]
|[[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]
|rowspan=2 |"For pioneering the use of methods from [[probability]] and [[Dynamical systems theory|dynamics]] in [[group theory]], [[number theory]] and [[combinatorics]]."<ref>{{cite web |title=2020: Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2020 |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters}}</ref>
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|{{sortname|Grigory|Margulis}}
|[[File:Grigory Margulis (2006) (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Grigory Margulis]]
|[[Yale University]]
|-
!scope=row rowspan=2 |2021
|{{sortname|László|Lovász}}
|[[File:László Lovász (2017) (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Laszlo Lovasz]]
|[[Eötvös Loránd University]]
|rowspan=2 |"For their foundational contributions to theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics, and their leading role in shaping them into central fields of modern mathematics".<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021: László Lovász and Avi Wigderson |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2021 |access-date=21 July 2022 |website=abelprize.no}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Avi|Wigderson}}
|[[File:Avi Wigderson (London 2012) Cropped.jpg|100px|alt=Avi Wigerson]]
|[[Institute for Advanced Study]]
|-
!scope=row |2022
|{{sortname|Dennis|Sullivan}}
|[[File:Dennis Sullivan at MSRI (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Dennis Sullivan]]
|[[Stony Brook University]]<br>[[CUNY Graduate Center]]
|"For his groundbreaking contributions to topology in its broadest sense, and in particular its algebraic, geometric and dynamical aspects."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abelprize.no/citation/citation-dennis-parnell-sullivan |title=Prize winner 2022 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|access-date=25 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row |2023
|{{sortname|Luis|Caffarelli}}
|[[File:Luis Caffarelli (2013) (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Luis Caffarelli]]
|[[University of Texas at Austin]]
|"For his seminal contributions to regularity theory for nonlinear partial differential equations including free-boundary problems and the [[Monge–Ampère equation]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abelprize.no/citation/citation-luis-caffarelli |title=Prize winner 2023 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref>
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!scope=row |2024
|{{sortname|Michel|Talagrand}}
|[[File:Michel Talagrand (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Michel Talagrand]]
|[[French National Centre for Scientific Research|Centre national de la recherche scientifique]]
|"For his groundbreaking contributions to probability theory and functional analysis, with outstanding applications in mathematical physics and statistics."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2024 |title=Prize winner 2024 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row |2025
|{{sortname|Masaki|Kashiwara}}
|[[File:Masaki Kashiwara (2018) (2) (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Masaki Kashiwara]]
|[[Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences]]
|"For his fundamental contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory, in particular the development of the theory of [[D-module]]s and the discovery of [[crystal base|crystal graph]]s."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2025 |title=Prize winner 2025 |publisher=The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|access-date=25 March 2025}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Mathematics}}
* [[Fields Medal]]
* [[List of prizes known as the Nobel or the highest honors of a field]]
* [[List of mathematics awards]]

==References==
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