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The annual symposium following the final meeting of the Abel Prize Committee will this year take place at the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, USA. Karen Uhlenbeck, the 2019 Abel Prize laureate, will give a lecture, along with Daniel Spielman, Hong Wang, and Curtis McMullen.

Peter Lax was the recipient of the Abel Prize in 2005. He received the prize for for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory and application of partial differential equations and to the computation of their solutions.

"for his fundamental contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory, in particular the development of the theory of D-modules and the discovery of crystal bases."

Meanwhile, the Abel Committee keeps its cards close to its chest, but is happy to talk about the work they do.

The annual symposium following the final meeting of the 2025 Abel Prize Committee will this year take place in Bonn, Germany.

The fourth book in the series presenting the Abel Prize Laureates is now published. This edition covers the years 2018–2022.

What advice would the 2024 Abel Prize winner give to his younger self? During the Abel Week, young, aspiring mathematicians get the chance to receive this advice from Michel Talagrand himself.

«for his groundbreaking contributions to probability theory and functional analysis, with outstanding applications in mathematical physics and statistics.»

Who will be honoured with the Abel Prize this year? Mathematicians all over the world look to Norway when the president of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announces the 2024 laureate on the 20th of March.

An abundance of strong candidates for the Abel Prize 2024 has left the five outstanding mathematicians in the Abel committee with a challenging task.