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Congratulations from the President of AMS

George Andrews, AMS President

George Andrews, AMS President

George Andrews, President of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) sends his congratulations to John Tate on winning the Abel Prize.

- The work of John Tate has been central to the major developments in number theory through the last half of the twentieth century and into the twenty first. From 1950 onward, beginning with the legendary "Tate's thesis," John Tate has been a dominant figure in algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. The American Mathematical Society extends heartfelt congratulations to John Tate on the award to him of the 2010 Abel Prize.

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Call for nominations Abel Prize 2011

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters hereby calls for nominations of candidates for the Abel Prize 2011. The nomination letter should be sent no later than 15 September 2010 by e-mail to abelprisen@dnva.no or by post to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. It is also possible to use an online nomination form.

read more 17-07-2010

Ramanujan Prize winner honoured

The winner of the 2009 Ramanujan Prize, Ernesto Lupercio from Mexico, will receive the prize at an award ceremony at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy on 13 July. He is the fifth to receive this prize that is awarded to mathematicians less than 45 years of age from developing countries. The prize carries a $15,000 cash award and will be presented to Ernesto Lupercio by Fernando Quevedo, Director of ICTP.

read more 12-07-2010

Royal Abel celebration in Oslo

John Torrence Tate received the Abel Prize from HM King Harald at an award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday 25 May. The Abel Laureate was received in audience at the Royal Palace earlier the same day. His Majesty King Harald was also present at the banquet at Akershus Castle in honour of this year's Abel Laureate. Tora Aasland, the Minister of Higher Education and Research, was the host for the banquet. Sir Michael Atiyah, the 2004 Abel Laureate, was the main speaker of the evening.

read more 28-05-2010

HM King Harald presents the Abel Prize

The American mathematician John Torrence Tate, University of Texas at Austin, will receive the 2010 Abel Prize from His Majesty King Harald at an award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, 25 May. The Abel Prize carries a cash award of NOK 6,000,000 (close to € 730,000 or US$ 1 mill.) is awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

read more 24-05-2010

Abel Prize to John T. Tate for path-breaking work

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2010 to John Torrence Tate, University of Texas at Austin, for his vast and lasting impact on the theory of numbers. The President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Nils Christian Stenseth, announced the name of the 2010 Abel Laureate at the Academy in Oslo today, 24. March. John Tate will receive the Abel Prize from His Majesty King Harald at an award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, May 25. The Abel Prize recognizes contributions of extraordinary depth and influence to the mathematical sciences and has been awarded annually since 2003. It carries a cash award of NOK 6,000,000 (close to € 730,000 or US$ 1 mill.)

read more 24-03-2010

"A remarkable mathematician"

William Beckner, Chair, Department of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, was the first to congratulate John T. Tate with the Abel Prize.

read more 24-03-2010
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