German mathematician Faltings wins the 2026 Abel prize for solving a 60-year-old mystery.
19 March 2026
Gerd Faltings has won the 2026 Abel Prize, considered the Nobel prize of mathematics.
Faltings shocked mathematicians around the world for his groundbreaking 1983 proof of the Mordell conjecture.
His contributions helped establish one of the most important fields in modern mathematics, arithmetic geometry.
Faltings shocked mathematicians around the world for his groundbreaking 1983 proof of the Mordell conjecture.
His contributions helped establish one of the most important fields in modern mathematics, arithmetic geometry.