2020: Hillel Furstenberg
2020: Gregory Margulis
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Due to Covid-19, both the 2020 Laureates, Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis and the 2021 Laureates, László Lovász and Avi Wigderson was honoured together in this online award ceremony.
Hillel Furstenberg interviewed by the two mathematicians Christian Skau and Bjørn Ian Dundas.
Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis' laureate lectures. Programme and summary available in the YouTube description.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Minister of Research and Higher Education Henrik Asheim.
The Abel Prize is announced by the President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
As part of the Abel lectures in 2014 in honour of Abel laureate Yakov G. Sinai, Gregory Margulis gave this lecture. Programme and summary available in the YouTube description.
A short film made by Hebrew University.
Gregory Margulis interviewed by the two mathematicians Christian Skau and Bjørn Ian Dundas.
Alex Bellos, author and broadcaster, interviews Furstenberg and Margulis; a clip from the Abel Prize announcement.
A short presentation by author and broadcaster Alex Bellos; a clip from the Abel Prize announcement.
Witness the moment when Hillel Furstenberg gets the call that he is the winner of the 2020 Abel Prize.
The interview was made by The Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation in 2017.
Due to Covid-19, both the 2020 Laureates, Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis and the 2021 Laureates, László Lovász and Avi Wigderson was honoured together in this online reception. The reception contains speeches, greetings, music and interviews with the Laureates.