2017
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Yakov Sinai
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Andrew Wiles
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John Tate
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Yves Meyer
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the 2017 Abel Prize to Yves Meyer, École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, France “for his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets".
Detailed explanation-2: -In a letter in 1906 to the mathematician Elling Holst he added: “The Abel Prize promised by blessed King Oscar went to heaven with the Union.” On the occasion of the centenary of his death in 1929, Abel was commemorated on Norwegian stamps, the first non-royal after Henrik Ibsen to be so honoured.
Detailed explanation-3: -Only one person of Indian origin-S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan-has received the Abel Prize, considered the equivalent of the Nobel in mathematics.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dennis Parnell Sullivan awarded the 2022 Abel Prize.
Detailed explanation-5: -The first prize in 2003 was awarded to Jean-Pierre Serre for “shaping the modern form of mathematics” working in pure mathematical areas such as algebraic geometry and number theory.