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research prize in the
mathematical sciences
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. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional research achievement in the mathematical sciences and is given annually by three Canadian mathematics institutes: the
Centre de Recherches Mathématiques The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) is the first mathematical research institute in Canada, located at the Université de Montréal.
The CRM has ten research laboratories, one in each of: mathematical analysis, number theory and symbolic ...
(CRM), the
Fields Institute
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, and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS).
The prize was established in 1994 by the CRM and the Fields Institute as the CRM-Fields Prize. The prize took its current name when PIMS became a partner in 2005.
The prize carries a monetary award of $10,000, funded jointly by the three institutes. The inaugural prize winner was H.S.M. Coxeter.
Winners
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Centre de recherches mathématiques The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) is the first mathematical research institute in Canada, located at the Université de Montréal.
The CRM has ten research laboratories, one in each of: mathematical analysis, number theory and symbolic ...
James Arthur
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Israel Michael Sigal
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He was an invited speaker at Interna ...
Allan Borodin
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*2010 – Gordon Slade
*2011 – Mark A. Lewis
*2012 –
Stevo Todorčević
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Niky Kamran
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*2015 –
Kai Behrend
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His work is in algebraic geometry and he has made important contributions in the theory of algebraic stacks, ...
Henri Darmon
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Catherine Sulem
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She has completed a monograph "Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation: Self-Focusing Instability and Wave Collapse" together with her brother Pierre-Louis Sulem, w ...
*2021 –
Andrew Granville
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Education
Granville received his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (1983) and his Certificate of Advanced Studies (Distinction) (1984) ...
*2022 –
Bálint Virág
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*2023 –
Christian Genest
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List of mathematics awards
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