Bolyai Prize

The International János Bolyai Prize of Mathematics is an international prize for mathematicians founded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The prize is awarded in every five years^[1] to mathematicians having published their monograph describing their own highly important new results in the past 10 years.

Medalists

• 1905 – Henri Poincaré
• 1910 – David Hilbert
• 2000 – Saharon Shelah^[2]
• 2005 – Mikhail Gromov
• 2010 – Yuri I. Manin^[3]
• 2015 – Barry Simon^[4]

References

1. Szénássy B.: Adalékok a Bolyai-díj történetéhez, Természet Világa, 124(1993),7, 291–294.
2. "Laudation of Shelah on the occasion of winning the Bolyai Prize (in Hungarian)" (PDF).
3. "Hungarian Academy of Sciences presents the János Bolyai International Mathematical Prize". Retrieved 1 April 2010.
4. Bolyai Prize goes to Barry Simon Communication by Hungarian Academy of Sciences (mta.hu). Retrieved 12 April 2015