2 Win Abel Prize for Work That Bridged Math and Computer Science
Avi Wigderson and László Lovász will share the annual prize that aims to be something like the Nobel for mathematics.
Winners of the Abel Prize, Avi Wigderson of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., left, and László Lovász of Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. Credit.Andrea Kane/Institute for Advanced Study, left; Laszlo Mudra/Hungarian Academy of Sciences
March 17, 2021
Two mathematicians will share this yearâs Abel Prize â regarded as the fieldâs equivalent of the Nobel â for advances in understanding the foundations of what can and cannot be solved with computers.