Fields medal
A prize awarded every four years to two, three, or four young mathematicians (under forty years of age) at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union. The cash value of the award in 2006 was over .
Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields founded the award in his testament, and the first recipients received the award in 1936. From 1950 the award has been periodic.
The Fields Medal is to mathematics what the Nobel prize in physics is to physics.
| Title | Fields medal |
|---|---|
| Canonical name | FieldsMedal |
| Date of creation | 2013-03-22 16:11:54 |
| Last modified on | 2013-03-22 16:11:54 |
| Owner | Mravinci (12996) |
| Last modified by | Mravinci (12996) |
| Numerical id | 5 |
| Author | Mravinci (12996) |
| Entry type | Definition |
| Classification | msc 01A65 |
| Classification | msc 01A61 |
| Classification | msc 01A60 |
| Related topic | NoncommutativeGeometry |