The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the 2026 Abel Prize to Gerd Faltings, director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn and professor emeritus at the ...

This year’s Abel Prize, an annual lifetime achievement award for mathematics that is bestowed by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and was modeled on the Nobel Prize, has been given to Gerd ...

Mathematics often feels like a collection of isolated islands. Each one operates with its own rules, and building bridges between them is notoriously difficult. Today, the Norwegian Academy of Science ...

Dave Faltings March 15, 1964 – June 9, 2016 Ketchum, Idaho Dave, Super Dave as he was known to his friends, died of ALS after a three year struggle on June 9, 2016. He was 52. In many ways he was the ...

Number theorist Gerd Faltings has won this year’s Abel Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in Oslo announced on 19 March. Faltings, ...

We congratulate Prof. Dr. Gerd Faltings on receiving the Abel Prize 2026! The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters honors him for his achievements in arithmetic geometry. His ideas and results ...

For the first time ever, the Abel Prize has gone to a German—and this one is based at the University of Bonn! Mathematician Professor Gerd Faltings will receive the award in a ceremony in Oslo on May ...