Fields Medalists / Nevanlinna Price Winner 1998

    The winner of the Fields Medals are

    Richard E. Borcherds   Richard E. Borcherds (Cambridge University; Kac-Moody algebras, automorphic forms),

    W. Timothy Gowers   W. Timothy Gowers (Cambridge University; Banach space theory, combinatorics),

    Maxim Kontsevich   Maxim Kontsevich (IHES Bures-sur-Yvette; mathematical physics, algebraic geometry and topology),

    Curtis T. McMullen   Curtis T. McMullen (Harvard University; complex dynamics, hyperbolic geometry).

    The winner of the Nevanlinna prize is

    Peter W. Shor   Peter W. Shor (AT&T Labs Florham Park,New Jersey; quantum computation, computational geometry).

    Special Tribute to Andrew Wiles

    Andrew Wiles   Andrew J. Wiles (Princeton University)