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The Abel Prize, the math field’s counterpart to the Nobel, is an international prize presented annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.

The Russian-French mathematician Mikhail Gromov was announced the winner of the Abel Prize 2009 by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for his “revolutionary contributions to geometry.”

Mikhail Gromov has led some of the most important developments, producing profoundly original general ideas which have resulted in new perspectives on geometry and other areas of mathematics. For more information about the laureate, his achievements and the Abel Prize, please visit the Abel Prize website.