Tuesday, May 21, 2013

An Unheralded Breakthrough: The Rosetta Stone of Mathematics | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network

An Unheralded Breakthrough: The Rosetta Stone of Mathematics | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network:

"There is no Nobel Prize in mathematics, but in 2001 the Norwegian government established a million-dollar Abel Prize, which is widely considered as an equivalent of the Nobel for mathematicians. This year’s prize was awarded to Pierre Deligne, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. Today, he is honored at a ceremony held in Oslo."

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