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Born August 12, 1930 (age 94) • Belgium
Awards And Honors Abel Prize (2008)

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Mikhail Gromov
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John Griggs Thompson
John Griggs Thompson
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Évariste Galois, detail of an engraving, 1848, after a drawing by Alfred Galois.
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Andrew Wiles
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Alain Connes
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Serre, Jean-Pierre
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Charles, Jacques-Alexandre-César
Jacques Charles
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Sophus Lie, detail of an engraving c. 1885.
Sophus Lie
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Georg Frobenius
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Endre Szemerédi
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John Nash
John Nash
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Peter Lax, 2005.
Peter Lax
Hungarian-American mathematician

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