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The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel prize for the year 2022 to American Mathematician Dennis Parnell Sullivan.

The Abel Prize: International Prize of Mathematics:

• The Abel Prize is named after Niels Henrik Abel, Norway’s greatest mathematician throughout the times.
• Abel left lasting marks on the mathematical world.
• His mathematics has served as a base for a number of major technological breakthroughs, there amongst the development of the internet.
• The Abel Prize was established by the Norwegian Parliament (The Storting) in 2002, on the occasion the 200-year anniversary of his birth.
• The Prize is 5 million Norwegian Kroner; award prize money enhanced from 6 million NOK to 7.5 million NOK in 2019.
• The Prize is awarded by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, on behalf of the Ministry of Education.