The David Hilbert Award, named after
David Hilbert
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, was established by the
World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions to acknowledge mathematicians who have contributed to the development of mathematics worldwide.
Each awardee is selected by the Executive and Advisory Committee of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions on the recommendation of the WFNMC Awards Subcommittee.
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Past recipients
* 1991 [
** Edward Barbeau, Canada
** Arthur Engel, Germany
**]Graham Pollard
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, Australia
* 1992
** Martin Gardner
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, United States of America
** Murray Klamkin, United States of America
** Marcin Emil Kuczma, Poland
* 1994
** María Falk de Losada
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, United States of America
** Peter J. O'Halloran, Australia
* 1996
** Andy Liu, Canada
See also
* List of mathematics awards
This list of mathematics awards contains articles about notable awards for mathematics. The list is organized by the region and country of the organization that sponsors the award, but awards may be open to mathematicians from around the world. Som ...
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