“I’m extremely honored to be recognized together with Simon,” Eliashberg said.Įliashberg is one of the founders of symplectic and contact topology, a field that arose in part from the study of various classical phenomena in physics that involve the evolution of mechanical systems, such as springs and planetary systems. One of those mathematical heroes is Sir Simon Donaldson, a mathematician at Stony Brook University in New York and Imperial College London in the UK, with whom Eliashberg shares this year’s $100,000 prize.
Ritch Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences. “When I learned of the news, I was surprised and very excited because this is a very famous prize and one that many of my mathematical heroes have received,” said Eliashberg, who is the Herald L. Yakov “Yasha” Eliashberg (Image credit: Yakov Eliashberg)Īwarded since 1978, the Wolf Prize recognizes “outstanding scientists and artists from around the world … for achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among peoples.” Along with the Fields Medal and Abel Prize, it is considered the closest equivalent to a Nobel Prize in mathematics.Įliashberg is the third Stanford math professor to receive the Wolf Prize in Mathematics: Joseph Keller was the prize’s 1996-1997 recipient and Richard Schoen received the prize in 2017.
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