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Category: Mathematics | Tags: mathematics group theory
Two scientists who improved our understanding of the mathematics that describes symmetry have been awarded the 2008 Abel Prize in mathematics. John Griggs Thompson, 75, a professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and Jacques Tits, 77, a professor emeritus at the Collège de France in Paris, will share the $1.2 million award, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announced this morning in Oslo. The prize, bestowed for the first time in 2003, is considered the Nobel of mathematics.
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