The
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is now extending invitations to the mathematical communities to nominate candidates for The Abel Prize 2005. The deadline for nominations is 15 November 2004.
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The Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund was established on 1 January 2002, to award the Abel Prize for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics. The prize amount is 6 million NOK (about 750,000 Euro) and was awarded for the first time on 3 June 2003.
The prize will be awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, which has appointed an Abel Committee consisting of five mathematicians to review the nominated candidates and submit a recommendation for a worthy Abel laureate.
The Abel Prize is often referred to as the mathematicians’ Nobel Prize.
For further information, please consult: http://www.abelprisen.no/en/