2026 Abel Prize

19/03/2026

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the 2026 Abel Prize to Gerd Faltings for his groundbreaking contributions to arithmetic geometry and number theory. Currently a director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Faltings is perhaps best known for his 1983 proof of the Mordell Conjecture, a monumental achievement that transformed our understanding of Diophantine equations. This prestigious honor recognizes his profound mathematical insight, which solved long-standing problems that have reshaped the landscape of modern mathematics.