Definition:Fields Medal/Recipients/1986
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Recipients of the Fields Medal
The recipients of the Fields Medal in $1986$ were as follows:
| Recipient(s) | Citation |
|---|---|
| Simon Kirwan Donaldson | Received medal primarily for his work on topology of four-manifolds, especially for showing that there is a differential structure on Euclidian four-space which is different from the usual structure. |
| Gerd Faltings | Using methods of arithmetic algebraic geometry, he received medal primarily for his proof of the Mordell Conjecture. |
| Michael Hartley Freedman | Developed new methods for topological analysis of four-manifolds. One of his results is a proof of the four-dimensional Poincaré Conjecture. |
Location of conference: Berkeley, California, USA
Sources
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Appendix $17$: Fields Medal winners
- 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Appendix $22$: Fields Medal winners