The 2015 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences is awarded to Gerd Faltings, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany, and Henryk Iwaniec, Rutgers University, for "their introduction and development of fundamental tools in number theory, allowing them as well as others to resolve some longstanding classical problems." The two will share equally in the US$1,000,000 prize. Faltings has also received the Fields Medal (1986), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1988), the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1996), and the King Faisal International Prize for Science (2014). Iwaniec was awarded the Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory (2002), the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition (2011), and was a member of the inaugural class of AMS Fellows (2012). The Shaw Prize honors individuals who have achieved significant breakthroughs in academic and scientific research or applications and whose work has resulted in a positive and profound impact on mankind. There are three prizes annually: in Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences. The presentation of the this year's prizes will occur in a ceremony on September 24. Read more about the prize and the work of Faltings and Iwaniec. - See more at: http://www.ams.org/news?news_id=2701#sthash.VAm5pLTB.dpuf
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