Fields Medal Winners Content




Lars Ahlfors (1936)

For his work in complex analysis and geometric function theory.

Jesse Douglas (1936)

For his work on the Plateau problem, minimal surfaces.

Laurent Schwartz (1950)

For his work on distribution theory (generalized functions).

Atle Selberg (1950)

For his work on the theory of prime numbers and automorphic forms.

Kunihiko Kodairi (1954)

For his work on harmonic integrals and algebraic geometry.

Jean-Pierre Serre (1954)

For his work groundbreaking work on homotopy groups of spheres
and his use of spectral sequences, as well as reformulating complex
variable theory using sheaves (Copilot).

KlausRoth (1958)

For his work in number theory.

Rene Thom (1958)

For his work in cobordism theory.

Lars Hormander (1962)

For his groundbreaking work in differential topology (Copilot).

John Milnor (1962)

For his groundbreaking work on partial differential equations (Copilot).

Michael Atiyah (1966)

For his contributions to K-theory and the Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem,
which connects analysis, geometry, and topology (Copilot).

Paul Cohen (1966)

For proving that the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice
are independent of the standard axioms of set theory (Copilot).

Alexander Grothendieck (1966)

For his revolutionary contributions to algebraic geometry, homological
algebra, and K-theory (Copilot).

Stephen Smale (1966)

For his groundbreaking work in topology and dynamical systems (Copilot).

Alan Baker (1970)

For his generalization of the Gelfond-Schneider theorem, which solved
Hilbert's seventh problem. His extension showed that many more numbers
are transcendental than previously known (Copilot).

Heisuke Hironaka (1970)

For his groundbreaking work on the resolution of singularities in algebraic
geometry (Copilot).

Segei Novikov (1970)

For his groundbreaking work in topology, especially in geometric
topology (Copilot).

John Thompson (1970)

He played a central role in the classification of finite simple groups, one of
the most ambitious projects in modern mathematics (Copilot).

Enrico Bombieri (1974)

Recognized for his contributions to prime number theory, complex analysis,
and minimal surfaces. (Copilot).

David Mumford (1974)

For his groundbreaking work in algebraic geometry. He is widely
recognized for his contributions to the theory of algebraic surfaces
and moduli spaces (Copilot).

Pierre Deligne (1978)

For his groundbreaking proof of the Weil conjectures, a result that unified
algebraic geometry and number theory (Copilot).

Charles Fefferman (1978)

For his groundbreaking work in complex analysis, partial differential
equations, and Fourier analysis (Copilot).

Grigory Margulis (1978)

For his innovative analysis of the structure of Lie groups and his use
of ergodic theory in Diophantine approximation (Copilot).

Daniel Quillen (1978)

For his work as the "prime architect" of higher algebraic K-theory
--- his work reshaped modern algebra and topology (Copilot).

Alain Connes (1982)

For his groundbreaking work in operator algebras and noncommutative
geometry (Copilot).

William Thurston (1982)

For his revolutionizing the study of low-dimensional topology, especially
3-manifolds, orbifolds (Copilot).

Shing-Tung Yau (1982)

For his groundbreaking work in differential geometry, partial differential
equations, and mathematical physics. He is best known for proving the
Calabi conjecture, which led to the creation of Calabi–Yau manifolds
---structures that later became central in string theory (Copilot).

Simon Donaldson (1986)

For his groundbreaking work on four-dimensional manifolds, Gauge
Theory & Yang–Mills Equations (Copilot).

Gerd Faltings (1986)

For his groundbreaking work in arithmetic geometry, earning
the Fields Medal in 1986 for proving the Mordell Conjecture
and related results (Copilot).

Michael Freedman (1986)

For solving the four-dimensional Poincaré conjecture (Copilot).

Vladimir Drinfeld (1990)

For his groundbreaking work on quantum groups and the
Langlands program (Copilot).

Vaughan Jones (1990)

For his groundbreaking work linking functional analysis and knot theory,
and the Jones polynomial (Copilot).

Shigefumi Mori (1990)

For his work in algebraic geometry, particularly the classification
of three-dimensional algebraic varieties (Copilot).

Edward Witten (1990)

For his work in quantum field theory, string theory with pure
mathematics, opening new directions in geometry and topology,
with insights into knot theory and low-dimensional topology (Copilot).

Jean Bourgain (1994)

For his work in, among other things, subspaces of Banach spaces
resembling Hilbert spaces, a proof of Santaló's inequality, and new
approaches in ergodic theory (Copilot).

Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (1994)

For his contributions to the study of stability in complex systems
and for introducing the influential concept of Yoccoz puzzles (Copilot).

Efim Zelmanov (1994)

For his contributions to the study of groups in the restricted Burnside
problem (Copilot).

Richard Borcherds (1998)

For his work on proving the monstrous moonshine conjecture,
among other things.

Timothy Gowers (1998)

For his groundbreaking work in functional analysis and
combinatorics (Copilot).

Maxim Kontsevich (1998)

For groundbreaking work in algebraic geometry, topology, and mathematical
physics (Copilot).

Curtis McMullen (1998)

For his groundbreaking work in complex dynamics, hyperbolic geometry,
and Teichmüller theory (Copilot).

Laurent Lafforgue (2002)

For his groundbreaking proof of the Langlands correspondence for general
linear groups over function fields (Copilot).

Vladimir Voevodsky (2002)

For his groundbreaking work in algebraic geometry and topology,
particularly his development of motivic cohomology and proofs of
deep conjectures. (Copilot).

Andrei Okounkov (2006)

For his groundbreaking work connecting probability, representation
theory, and algebraic geometry (Copilot).

Grigori Perelman (2006)

For solving the century-old Poincaré conjecture, one of the most famous
problems in topology (Copilot).

Terence Tao (2006)

Often called the "Mozart of Math," is recognized for groundbreaking
contributions to partial differential equations, combinatorics, harmonic
analysis, and number theory (Copilot).

Wendelin Werner (2006)

For groundbreaking work in probability theory, especially on Brownian
motion, stochastic Loewner evolution (SLE), and conformal field
theory (Copilot).

Elon Lindenstrauss (2010)

For work in ergodic theory and its applications to number theory
and quantum chaos (Copilot).

Ngo Bao Chau (2010)

For his landmark proof of the Fundamental Lemma in the Langlands
program (Copilot).

Stanislav Sminov (2010)

For his groundbreaking work in statistical physics, particularly proving
conformal invariance in two-dimensional models like percolation and the
Ising model (Copilot).

Cedric Villani (2010)

For his groundbreaking work in mathematical physics, particularly on
entropy, the Boltzmann equation, and Landau damping (Copilot).

Artur Avila (2014)

For his groundbreaking contributions to dynamical systems theory (Copilot).

Manjul Bhargava (2014)

For his groundbreaking contributions to number theory (Copilot).

Martin Hairer (2014)

For his work on stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) (Copilot).

Maryam Mirzakhani (2014)

For deep contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann
surfaces and their moduli spaces (Copilot).

Caucher Birkar (2018)

For his groundbreaking work in algebraic geometry, particularly on the
boundedness of Fano varieties and contributions to the minimal model
program (Copilot).

Alessio Figalli (2018)

For his groundbreaking work in optimal transport theory and its
applications to partial differential equations, geometry, and
probability (Copilot).

Peter Scholze (2018)

For his groundbreaking work in arithmetic geometry (Copilot).
Also, an in-depth investigation is argued between myself and Copilot
on the heuristic advantage of geometerizing algebra (with Scholze's
contribution a case in point), and we discuss the psychology of
mathematical invention and re-organization along geometrical lines.
Why does this heuristic work so well? Is it teleological, accidental, or
something else?

Akshay Venkatesh (2018)

For his groundbreaking synthesis of analytic number theory,
homogeneous dynamics, topology, and representation theory (Copilot).

Hugo Duminil-Copin (2022)

For his groundbreaking work in probability theory and statistical physics,
particularly on phase transitions in complex systems (Copilot).

June Huh (2022)

For groundbreaking work linking algebraic geometry and combinatorics (Copilot).

James Maynard (2022)

For his groundbreaking work on prime numbers (Copilot).

Maryna Viazovska (2022)

For his groundbreaking work on prime numbers (Copilot). Formal analogy drawn between the 8,24 lattices and the Platonic Solids in Antiquity.