词条 | Abel Prize |
释义 | Abel Prize award ![]() As the 100th anniversary of Abel's birth approached in 1902, plans for creating a prize in Abel's name had been promoted by the Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie (Lie, Sophus), but he died in 1899, and the impetus faded with him. It was revived in 1902 by King Oscar II, who organized many prizes during his reign, including one in the 1880s on celestial mechanics that was won by the French mathematician Henri Poincaré (Poincaré, Henri). The demise of the union between Sweden and Norway, and the resulting loss of revenue, ended efforts to establish an annual mathematics prize. Abel's status in Norway remained high, though, and, when plans for a prize were revived in 2000—which the International Mathematical Union had designated the World Mathematical Year—they met with widespread acceptance. The prize, which is worth about $1 million, was first awarded in 2003 to the French mathematician Jean-Pierre Serre (Serre, Jean-Pierre). |
随便看 |
|
百科全书收录100133条中英文百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容开放、自由的电子版百科全书。