Wolf Prize in Mathematics

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The Wolf Prize in Mathematics is awarded almost annually by the Wolf Foundation. It is one of the six Wolf Prizes established by the Foundation and awarded since 1978; the others are in Agriculture, Chemistry, Medicine, Physics and Arts. Until the establishment of the Abel Prize, the Prize was probably the closest equivalent of a "Nobel Prize in Mathematics", since the more prestigious Fields Medal was (and still is) only awarded every 4 years to... more
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  • 1978

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Wolf Foundation

The Wolf Foundation was established in 1975 by Dr. Ricardo Wolf, a German-born inventor and former Cuban ambassador to Israel. Dr. Ricardo Wolf was the founder of the Wolf Foundation. He was a German-born inventor, diplomat, philanthropist and former Cuban ambassador to Israel. For many years, he...

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Year Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 1978
  • for his work in functional analysis, group representation, and for his seminal contributions to many areas of mathematics and its applications.
  • 1978
  • for his contributions to the theory of numbers, theory of several complex variables, and celestial mechanics.
  • 1979
  • for pioneering work on the development and application of topological methods to the study of differential equations.
  • 1979
  • for his inspired introduction of algebraic-geometric methods to the theory of numbers.
  • 1980
  • for pioneering work in algebraic topology, complex variables, homological algebra and inspired leadership of a generation of mathematicians.
  • 1980
  • for deep and original discoveries in Fourier analysis, probability theory, ergodic theory and dynamical systems.
  • 1981
  • for seminal discoveries and the creation of powerful new methods in geometric function theory.
  • 1981
  • creator of the modern approach to algebraic geometry, by its fusion with commutative algebra.
  • 1982
  • for his fundamental work in algebraic topology, differential geometry and differential topology.
  • 1982
  • for his fundamental contributions to functional analysis and its applications.
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