Fields Medal

The Fields Medal, awarded every four years at the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematics, is considered the highest honor a mathematician can receive. At each Congress, 2-4 medals are awarded, each to a mathematician under the age of 40. Recent winners include Grigori Perelman and Terence Tao.

Until Maryam Mirzakhani (an Iranian woman)[1] was awarded the prize, every recipient of the Fields Medal had been male.

## External links[edit]

* List of winners
* International Congress of Mathematics Conference website

## References[edit]

1. ↑ http://www.mathunion.org/general/prizes/2014/prize-citations/