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On Tuesday, King Harald presented the 2023 Abel Prize to Argentine-American mathematician Luis A. Caffarelli.

King Harald awards the 2023 Abel Prize to Louis Caffarelli at University Hall in Oslo.

Photo: Fredrik Varfjell/NTB

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The award ceremony was held at the University Hall in Oslo.

The Abel Prize is an award for outstanding sports work, and the winner receives seven and a half million crowns.

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Abel Prize

The Abel Prize is funded by the Norwegian state, and is worth NOK 7.5 million.
The prize is awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and presented by His Majesty the King.
The governing body of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences decides who will receive the prize on the proposal of the Abel Committee, which is made up of five internationally recognized mathematicians.
The Abel Prize is named after Nils Henrik Abel, the greatest Norwegian mathematician of all time.

Caffarelli, who is affiliated with the University of Texas, USA, was awarded for “pioneering contributions to the regularity theory of nonlinear partial differential equations including free boundary value problems and the Montage-Ampere equation”

He introduced new fundamental technologies, demonstrated remarkable engineering vision and delivered a number of groundbreaking results, the jury was justified.

The prize winner arrives at the University Hall in Oslo with Lise Overius, President of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Minister for Research and Higher Education Ola Borten Mo.

Frederick Farfgell, NTB

Caffarelli is very productive, having collaborated with more than 130 other mathematicians and had more than 30 PhD students over the course of 50 years.

In addition to the king, the President of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences, Lise Overius, and the Chairman of the Abel Commission, Helge Holden, took part. Nadia Hasnaoui was the presenter.