1962 Fields Medal (1)

Reason for Award

Worked inpartial differential equations. Specifically, contributed to the general theory of linear differential operators. The questions go back to one ofHilbert's problemsat the 1900 congress.

Laureates

Lars Hörmander,

Sweden Sweden

Other works in the same year

Proved that a 7-dimensionalspherecan have several differential structures; this led to the creation of the field ofdifferential topology.

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