Michael Atiyah
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Sir Michael Francis Atiyah was a British-Lebanese mathematician specialising in geometry. His contributions include the Atiyah–Singer index theorem and co-founding topological K-theory. He was awarded
Michael Atiyah in 2007
Great Court of Trinity College, Cambridge, where Atiyah was a student and later Master
The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, where Atiyah was professor from 1969 to 1972
The old Mathematical Institute (now the Department of Statistics) in Oxford, where Atiyah supervised many of his students
Abel Prize
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The Abel Prize is awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. It is named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel and directly modeled after the Nobel
Michael Atiyah
…geometry. His contributions include the Atiyah–Singer index theorem and co-founding topological K-theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and the Abel Prize in 2004. Atiyah was born on 22 April 1929 in Hampstead, London, England, the son of Jean (née Levens) and Edward Atiyah. His mother was Scottish and…
The prize is awarded in the aula of the Domus Media building of the University of Oslo Faculty of Law, where the Nobel Peace Prize was formerly awarded (it is now presented in Oslo City Hall)
Jean Pierre Serre 2003
Isadore Singer 1977
Peter Lax in Tokyo