Fields Medal

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Fields Medal is one of the most prestigious awards in Mathematics. Fields Medal is given after every four years. It is considered as the Nobel Prize in Mathematics. The International Mathematical Union gives this award to two, three or four people together aged under 40 years. The award ceremony held in the International Congress of Mathematicians.

Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields introduced this award. The first fields medal was given in 1936. The medal was first awarded in 1936 to Finnish mathematician Lars Ahlfors and American mathematician Jesse Douglas. Due to World War I, these awards were discontinued for some time. However, since 1950, these awards start to render again and regularly being provided until today.

 The main objectives of the award is to give encouragement and patronage the comparatively young mathematician who has been able to contribute significantly in Mathematics. The amount of money that is awarded to the winner with the Fields Medal is about 15000 Canadian dollars.

Although Fields Medal is considered to be the Nobel Prize in Mathematics but this comparisons is not perfect. Because this award is given only four years later and age must not be more than 40 years.

Fields medal is usually not for any single work Rather, for the work for development of one or more branches of Mathematics. The biggest honor of this medal winner is recognition by the IMU.