The Abel Prize 2008

Previous Laureates

2003: Jean-Pierre Serre 2004: Sir Michael Francis Atiyah and Isadore M. Singer 2005: Peter D. Lax 2006: Lennart Carleson 2007: Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan

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This year's Abel Prize Laureates

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2008, worth NOK 6,000,000 (close to US$ 1.2. mill, EURO 750,000) to

Photo of Tompson: Renate Schmid/Oberwolfach Photo Collection - photo of Tits: Jean-François Dars/CNRS Images

John Griggs Thompson

Graduate Research Professor, University of Florida

and

Jacques Tits

Professor Emeritus,
Collège de France

"for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory"

The Abel Committee's citation and the biographies of the prize-winners, translated into 10 languages, will give more information.

Professor Marcus du Sautoy on Thompson and Tits:

A description of the winners's work.

Popular versions

By Arne B. Sletsjøe

"For shaping modern group theory"

A historical view on the Theory of Groups

Solution to Rubik's Cube in a few seconds, using Group Theory

Mathematical background

By Arne B. Sletsjøe

A short introducion to Group Theory

Thompson og Tits, Abel and Lie

Why Thompson is awarded the Abel Prize for 2008

Why Tits is awarded the Abel Prize for 2008

Française Thompson / Tits

Italiano Thompson / Tits

Thompson / Tits

The Abel Prize Winners's CV

Norsk Thompson / Tits

English Thompson / Tits