Definition:Fields Medal/Recipients/2002
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Recipients of the Fields Medal
The recipients of the Fields Medal in $2002$ were as follows:
| Recipient(s) | Citation |
|---|---|
| Laurent Lafforgue | Laurent Lafforgue has been awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Langlands correspondence for the full linear groups $\map {GLr} {r \ge 1}$ over function fields of positive characteristic. |
| Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky | He defined and developed motivic cohomology and the $A1$-homotopy theory, provided a framework for describing many new cohomology theories for algebraic varieties; he proved the Milnor conjectures on the $K$-theory of fields. |
Location of conference: Beijing, China
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