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Abel Prize laureate 2022

Dennis P. Sullivan: Photo: John Griffin/Stony Brook University.

2022: Dennis Parnell Sullivan

Stony Brook University, USA, and the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, USA

Previous laureates

Events

24. May 2022

Abel Prize award ceremony

Time: 16 -17

Place:

The University Aula, Oslo

25. May 2022

The Abel lectures

Time: 10 -15

Place:

University of Oslo, Georg Sverdrups hus

23. May 2022

Wreath-laying ceremony at the Abel Monument

Time: 17 -18

Place:

Royal Palace Grounds, Oslo

All events

Watch videos from the 2022 announcement

Articles

Dennis Parnell Sullivan awarded the 2022 Abel Prize

“for his groundbreaking contributions to topology in its broadest sense, and in particular its algebraic, geometric and dynamical aspects”

Announcement of the next Abel Prize Laureate

The Abel Prize laureate for 2022 will be announced Wednesday March 23th at 12:00 (UTC/GMT+1).

Jacques Tits: Abel Prize winner 2008. Photo: Anne Lise Flavik

Jacques Tits, AbelPrize laureate dies at 91

Jacques Tits was the recipient of the Abel Prize together with John Griggs Thompson in 2008. They received the prize for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory.

Digital hounouring of the Abel Prize Laureates

The 2021 Abel Prize Laureates László Lovász and Avi Wigderson was honoured together with the 2020 laureates Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis in a short series of digital events May 24 and 25, 2021. You can watch video of the events here.