Fields Medals 2006
The Fields medals were given to the recipients by King Juan Carlos of Spain.
IMU President John Ball, chair of the Fields Medal Committee, announced the winners (available in PDF).
Andrei Okounkov
"for his contributions bridging probability, representation theory and algebraic
geometry"
geometry"
Grigori Perelman
"For his contributions to geometry and his revolutionary insights
into the analytical and geometric structure of the Ricci flow"
Grigori Perelman declined to accept the award
into the analytical and geometric structure of the Ricci flow"
Grigori Perelman declined to accept the award
Terence Tao
"For his contributions to partial differential equations, combinatorics,
harmonic analysis and additive number theory"
harmonic analysis and additive number theory"
Wendelin Werner
"For his contributions to the development of stochastic Loewner evolution, the
geometry of two-dimensional Brownian motion, and conformal field theory"
geometry of two-dimensional Brownian motion, and conformal field theory"