Wolf Prize in Mathematics

Template:Short description The Wolf Prize in Mathematics is awarded almost annuallyTemplate:Efn by the Wolf Foundation in Israel. 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. The Wolf Prize includes a monetary award of $100,000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

According to a reputation survey conducted in 2013 and 2014, the Wolf Prize in Mathematics is the third most prestigious international academic award in mathematics, after the Abel Prize and the Fields Medal.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

LaureatesEdit

Year	Name	Nationality	Citation
1978	Israel Gelfand	Template:USSR	for his work in functional analysis, group representation, and for his seminal contributions to many areas of mathematics and its applications.
1978	Carl L. Siegel	Template:GER	for his contributions to the theory of numbers, theory of several complex variables, and celestial mechanics.
1979	Jean Leray	{{#invoke:flag	France}}	for pioneering work on the development and application of topological methods to the study of differential equations.
1979	André Weil	{{#invoke:flag	France}}	for his inspired introduction of algebraic-geometric methods to the theory of numbers.
1980	Henri Cartan	{{#invoke:flag	France}}	for pioneering work in algebraic topology, complex variables, homological algebra and inspired leadership of a generation of mathematicians.
1980	Andrey Kolmogorov	Template:USSR	for deep and original discoveries in Fourier analysis, probability theory, ergodic theory and dynamical systems.
1981	Lars Ahlfors	{{#invoke:flag	Finland}}	for seminal discoveries and the creation of powerful new methods in geometric function theory.
1981	Oscar Zariski	Template:USA	creator of the modern approach to algebraic geometry, by its fusion with commutative algebra.
1982	Hassler Whitney	Template:USA	for his fundamental work in algebraic topology, differential geometry and differential topology.
1982	Mark Krein	Template:USSR	for his fundamental contributions to functional analysis and its applications.
1983/84	Shiing-Shen Chern	Template:CHN Template:USA	for outstanding contributions to global differential geometry, which have profoundly influenced all mathematics.
1983/84	Paul Erdős	{{#invoke:flag	}}	for his numerous contributions to number theory, combinatorics, probability, set theory and mathematical analysis, and for personally stimulating mathematicians the world over.
1984/85	Kunihiko Kodaira	Template:JPN	for his outstanding contributions to the study of complex manifolds and algebraic varieties.
1984/85	Hans Lewy	Template:USA	for initiating many, now classic and essential, developments in partial differential equations.
1986	Samuel Eilenberg	{{#invoke:flag	Poland}} Template:USA	for his fundamental work in algebraic topology and homological algebra.
1986	Atle Selberg	{{#invoke:flag	Norway}}	for his profound and original work on number theory and on discrete groups and automorphic forms.
1987	Kiyoshi Itō	Template:JPN	for his fundamental contributions to pure and applied probability theory, especially the creation of the stochastic differential and integral calculus.
1987	Peter Lax	{{#invoke:flag	}} Template:USA	for his outstanding contributions to many areas of analysis and applied mathematics.
1988	Friedrich Hirzebruch	Template:GER	for outstanding work combining topology, algebraic geometry and differential geometry, and algebraic number theory; and for his stimulation of mathematical cooperation and research.
1988	Lars Hörmander	{{#invoke:flag	Sweden}}	for fundamental work in modern analysis, in particular, the application of pseudo-differential operators and Fourier integral operators to linear partial differential equations.
1989	Alberto Calderón	Template:ARG	for his groundbreaking work on singular integral operators and their application to important problems in partial differential equations.
1989	John Milnor	Template:USA	for ingenious and highly original discoveries in geometry, which have opened important new vistas in topology from the algebraic, combinatorial, and differentiable viewpoint.
1990	Ennio De Giorgi	{{#invoke:flag	Italy}}	for his innovating ideas and fundamental achievements in partial differential equations and calculus of variations.
1990	Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro	Template:USSR Template:ISR	for his fundamental contributions in the fields of homogeneous complex domains, discrete groups, representation theory and automorphic forms.
1991	No award
1992	Lennart Carleson	{{#invoke:flag	Sweden}}	for his fundamental contributions to Fourier analysis, complex analysis, quasi-conformal mappings and dynamical systems.
1992	John G. Thompson	Template:USA	for his profound contributions to all aspects of finite group theory and connections with other branches of mathematics.
1993	Mikhail Gromov	{{#invoke:flag	}} {{#invoke:flag	France}}	for his revolutionary contributions to global Riemannian and symplectic geometry, algebraic topology, geometric group theory and the theory of partial differential equations;
1993	Jacques Tits	{{#invoke:flag	Belgium}} {{#invoke:flag	France}}	for his pioneering and fundamental contributions to the theory of the structure of algebraic and other classes of groups and in particular for the theory of buildings.
1994/95	Jürgen Moser	Template:SUI Template:USA	for his fundamental work on stability in Hamiltonian mechanics and his profound and influential contributions to nonlinear differential equations.
1995/96	Robert Langlands	Template:CAN	for his path-blazing work and extraordinary insight in the fields of number theory, automorphic forms and group representation.
1995/96	Andrew Wiles	REDIRECT Template:GBR	for spectacular contributions to number theory and related fields, major advances on fundamental conjectures, and for settling Fermat's Last Theorem.
1996/97	Joseph B. Keller	Template:USA	for his profound and innovative contributions, in particular to electromagnetic, optical, and acoustic wave propagation and to fluid, solid, quantum and statistical mechanics.
1996/97	Yakov G. Sinai	{{#invoke:flag	}} Template:USA	for his fundamental contributions to mathematically rigorous methods in statistical mechanics and the ergodic theory of dynamical systems and their applications in physics.
1998	No award
1999	László Lovász	{{#invoke:flag	}} Template:USA	for his outstanding contributions to combinatorics, theoretical computer science and combinatorial optimization.
1999	Elias M. Stein	Template:USA	for his contributions to classical and Euclidean Fourier analysis and for his exceptional impact on a new generation of analysts through his eloquent teaching and writing.
2000	Raoul Bott	{{#invoke:flag	}} Template:USA	for his deep discoveries in topology and differential geometry and their applications to Lie groups, differential operators and mathematical physics.
2000	Jean-Pierre Serre	{{#invoke:flag	France}}	for his many fundamental contributions to topology, algebraic geometry, algebra, and number theory and for his inspirational lectures and writing.
2001	Vladimir Arnold	{{#invoke:flag	}}	for his deep and influential work in a multitude of areas of mathematics, including dynamical systems, differential equations, and singularity theory.
2001	Saharon Shelah	Template:ISR	for his many fundamental contributions to mathematical logic and set theory, and their applications within other parts of mathematics.
2002/03	Mikio Sato	Template:JPN	for his creation of algebraic analysis, including hyperfunction theory and microfunction theory, holonomic quantum field theory, and a unified theory of soliton equations.
2002/03	John Tate	Template:USA	for his creation of fundamental concepts in algebraic number theory.
2004	No award
2005	Gregory Margulis	{{#invoke:flag	}} Template:USA	for his monumental contributions to algebra, in particular to the theory of lattices in semi-simple Lie groups, and striking applications of this to ergodic theory, representation theory, number theory, combinatorics, and measure theory.
2005	Sergei Novikov	{{#invoke:flag	}}	for his fundamental and pioneering contributions to algebraic and differential topology, and to mathematical physics, notably the introduction of algebraic-geometric methods.
2006/07	Stephen Smale	Template:USA	for his groundbreaking contributions that have played a fundamental role in shaping differential topology, dynamical systems, mathematical economics, and other subjects in mathematics.
2006/07	Hillel Furstenberg	Template:USA Template:ISR	for his profound contributions to ergodic theory, probability, topological dynamics, analysis on symmetric spaces and homogeneous flows.
2008	Pierre Deligne	{{#invoke:flag	Belgium}}	for his work on mixed Hodge theory; the Weil conjectures; the Riemann-Hilbert correspondence; and for his contributions to arithmetic.
	Phillip A. Griffiths	Template:USA	for his work on variations of Hodge structures; the theory of periods of abelian integrals; and for his contributions to complex differential geometry.
	David B. Mumford	Template:USA	for his work on algebraic surfaces; on geometric invariant theory; and for laying the foundations of the modern algebraic theory of moduli of curves and theta functions.
2009	No award
2010	Shing-Tung Yau	Template:USA	for his work in geometric analysis that has had a profound and dramatic impact on many areas of geometry and physics.
2010	Dennis P. Sullivan	Template:USA	for his innovative contributions to algebraic topology and conformal dynamics.
2011	No award
2012	Michael Aschbacher	Template:USA	for his work on the theory of finite groups.
2012	Luis Caffarelli	Template:ARG	for his work on partial differential equations.
2013	George D. Mostow	Template:USA	for his fundamental and pioneering contribution to geometry and Lie group theory.
2013	Michael Artin	Template:USA	for his fundamental contributions to algebraic geometry, both in commutative and noncommutative.
2014	Peter Sarnak	Template:ZAF Template:USA	for his deep contributions in analysis, number theory, geometry, and combinatorics.
2015	James G. Arthur	Template:CAN	for his monumental work on the trace formula and his fundamental contributions to the theory of automorphic representations of reductive groups.
2016	No award
2017	Richard Schoen	Template:USA	for his contributions to geometric analysis and the understanding of the interconnectedness of partial differential equations and differential geometry.
2017	Charles Fefferman	Template:USA	for his contributions in a number of mathematical areas including complex multivariate analysis, partial differential equations and sub-elliptical problems.
2018	Alexander Beilinson	{{#invoke:flag	}} Template:USA	for their work that has made significant progress at the interface of geometry and mathematical physics.
2018	Vladimir Drinfeld	{{#invoke:flag	Ukraine}} Template:USA
2019	Jean-Francois Le Gall	{{#invoke:flag	France}}	for his several deep and elegant contributions to the theory of stochastic processes.
2019	Gregory Lawler	Template:USA	for his comprehensive and pioneering research on erased loops and random walks.<ref>Wolf Prize 2019 - Mathematics</ref>
2020	Simon K. Donaldson	REDIRECT Template:GBR	for their contributions to differential geometry and topology.<ref>Wolf Prize 2020 - Mathematics</ref>
2020	Yakov Eliashberg	Template:USA
2021	No award
2022	George Lusztig	{{#invoke:flag	}} Template:USA {{#invoke:flag	}}	for his groundbreaking contributions to representation theory and related areas.<ref>Wolf Prize 2022 - Mathematics</ref>
2023	Ingrid Daubechies	{{#invoke:flag	Belgium}} Template:USA	for her work in wavelet theory and applied harmonic analysis.<ref>Wolf Prize 2023 - Mathematics</ref>
2024	Adi Shamir	Template:ISR	for his fundamental contributions to Mathematical Cryptography.<ref>Wolf Prize 2024 - Mathematics</ref>
2024	Noga Alon	Template:ISR	for his fundamental contributions to Combinatorics and Theoretical Computer Science.<ref>Wolf Prize 2024 - Mathematics</ref>
2025	No award

Laureates per countryEdit

Below is a chart of all laureates per country (updated to 2024 laureates). Some laureates are counted more than once if they have multiple citizenships.

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