Definition:Fields Medal/Recipients/1962
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Recipients of the Fields Medal
The recipients of the Fields Medal in $1962$ were as follows:
| Recipient(s) | Citation |
|---|---|
| Lars Valter Hörmander | Worked in partial differential equations. Specifically, contributed to the general theory of linear differential operators. The questions go back to one of Hilbert's problems at the 1900 congress. |
| John Willard Milnor | Proved that a 7-dimensional sphere can have several differential structures; this led to the creation of the field of differential topology. |
Location of conference: Stockholm, Sweden
Sources
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Appendix $17$: Fields Medal winners
- 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Appendix $22$: Fields Medal winners