Abelpreis (W3)
Der "Abelpreis", engl. "Abel prize" trägt den Namen von "Niels Henrik Abel" (1802-1829).(E?)(L?) https://www.tmy.se/2006/03/23/preis-fuer-schwedischen-mathematiker/
23: Preis für schwedischen Mathematiker
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However, king Oscar II of Sweden, who wholeheartedly supported and took part in the Abel celebration, was also attracted to the idea of a prize in Abel’s honour. During the festivities in 1902, he announced that he would like to have a big gold medal made that would bear Abel’s name and be awarded every fifth year to a first-rate work of mathematics. Under the direction of the Scientific Society of Christiania (currently the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters), efforts were made to draw up statutes and rules for the gold medal for the "Abel prize" right up until the dissolution of the union (between Sweden and Norway) in June 1905 put an end to all further plans.
The establishment of an Abel fund, which could be the basis for an "Abel prize", does not seem to have been seriously considered again throughout the entire 20th century. The establishment of this international mathematics prize has first become a reality on the bicentenary celebration of Abel’s birth.
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Then on 23 August 2001, during a speech on the Blindern campus of the University of Oslo, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced that the Government would establish an Abel Fund worth NOK 200 million. He emphasised the broad political consensus regarding the proposal and hoped that an annual "Abel Prize" would strengthen and inspire teaching as well as scientific efforts.
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Welcome to the Abel Prize
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 History of the Abel Prize
Three main tasks were specified as the celebration of the Abel centenary in 1902 approached. The first was to arrange a broad cultural commemoration, the second to raise a worthy monument in memory of the genius and the third, to establish an international Abel Prize.
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Then on 23 August 2001, during a speech on the Blindern campus of the University of Oslo, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced that the Government would establish an Abel Fund worth NOK 200 million. He emphasised the broad political consensus regarding the proposal and hoped that an annual Abel Prize would strengthen and inspire teaching as well as scientific efforts.
The Abel prize is a new mathematics prize of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, dedicated to the memory of Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829) on the occasion of the bicentenary of his birth. It is modeled after the Nobel Prize, and developed from a proposal by the mathematics department at the University of Oslo in fulfillment of a request formulated by the Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie towards the end of the 19th century.
The Abel Prize has been awarded annually beginning in the year 2003, as summarized in the following table.
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