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The Abel Prize is an international prize presented annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. In order to award the outstanding work in the field of mathematics the Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund was established on 1 January 2002. The prize is named after Norwegian Mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802- 1820). It has often been described as the mathematician’s nobel Prize. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters annually declares the winner of the Abel Prize after selection by a committee of five international mathematicians. At present the committee is headed by Ragni Piene.

List of winners of Abel Prize

Year                               Winner

2003                              Jean-Pierre Serre

2004                              Michael F. AthiyahIsadore

2005                              Peter D. Lax

2006                              Lennart Carleson

2007                              S.R. Srinivasa vardhan

2008                              John G. Thompson

                                      Jacques Tits

2009                              Mikhail Gromov

2010                              John T. Tate

2011                              John Milnor

2012                              Endre Szemeredi