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IMU Prizes 2006


Fields Medals 2006

Andrei Okounkov Grigori Perelman
Grigori Perelman declined
to accept the award
 
 
Terence Tao Wendelin Werner  

The Fields medals were given to the recipients by king Juan Carlos of Spain.
IMU President John Ball, chair of the Fields Medal Committee, announced the winners with a Power Point presentation [also available in PDF].

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Rolf Nevanlinna Prize 2006

The Nevanlinna Prize was given to the recipient by king Juan Carlos of Spain.
Margaret Wright, chair of the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize Committee, announced the winner with a Power Point presentation [also available in PDF].

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Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize for Applications of Mathematics 2006

The Gauss Prize was presented to Junko Itô, the youngest daughter of the recipient, by king Juan Carlos of Spain. Kiyoshi Itô could not attend the award ceremony for health reasons. Martin Grötschel, chair of the Gauss Prize Committee, announced the winner with a Power Point presentation [also available in PDF]. Before the Gauss Prize Lecture, that Hans Föllmer (HU Berlin) presented on Wednesday, August 23, 2006, Junko Itô read Kiyoshi Itô's short "thank you speech" [also available in PDF].

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