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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

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The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

The Award Ceremony - change of venue

Due to risk of strike in the public sector, the Abel Prize ceremony 2022 in honour of laureate Dennis Sullivan has had be moved from the University Aula and downscaled.

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.