Definition:Fields Medal/Recipients/1958

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Recipients of the Fields Medal

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The recipients of the Fields Medal in $1958$ were as follows:


Recipient(s) Citation
Klaus Friedrich Roth For solving a famous problem of number theory, namely, the determination of the exact exponent in the Thue-Siegel inequality.
René Frédéric Thom For creating the theory of 'Cobordisme' which has, within the few years of its existence, led to the most penetrating insight into the topology of differentiable manifolds.


Location of conference: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom


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