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Abel monument, designed by Gustav Vigeland (1908), Oslo. Sir Michael Francis Atiyah and Isadore Singer Lennart Carleson receiving the Abel Prize from Queen Sonja of Norway, 2006. Mikhail Gromov
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Notable Honorees Endre Szemerédi • John Nash • Peter Lax • Yakov Sinai • Andrew Wiles • Louis Nirenberg • Lennart Carleson • S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan • John Tate • Sir Michael Francis Atiyah • Jean-Pierre Serre • John Willard Milnor • Mikhail Gromov • Isadore Singer • Pierre Deligne • Jacques Tits

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Abel monument, designed by Gustav Vigeland (1908), Oslo.
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah and Isadore Singer
Lennart Carleson receiving the Abel Prize from Queen Sonja of Norway, 2006.
Mikhail Gromov
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