Fermat Prize
The FERMAT PRIZE rewards research works in fields where the contributions of
Pierre de FERMAT have been decisive :
* Statements of Variational Principles
* Foundations of Probability and Analytical Geometry
* Number theory.
The spirit of the prize is focused on rewarding the results of researches accessible to the greatest number of professional mathematicians within these fields.
The amount of the Fermat prize has been fixed at 20 000 Euros. The FERMAT prize is
awarded once every two years in Toulouse ; the eleventh award will be announced in
October 2009.
Winners of the preceding editions: A. Bahri, K.A. Ribet (1989) – J.-L. Colliot-Thélène
(1991) – J.-M. Coron (1993) – A.J. Wiles (1995) – M. Talagrand (1997) – F. Bethuel,
F. Hélein (1999) – R. L. Taylor, W. Werner (2001) – L. Ambrosio (2003) – P. Colmez,
J.F. Le Gall (2005) – C. Khare (2007).
Rules governing the award, candidacy formalities, etc. are available from the organising secretariat of the Fermat prize:
Prix FERMAT de Recherche en Mathématiques
Service Relations publiques
Université Paul Sabatier
31062 TOULOUSE Cedex 9, France
Download :
- Rules governing the award of the FERMAT Prize for Mathematics Research
- Poster
Closing date for application forms : 30 June 2009.
Pierre de FERMAT have been decisive :
* Statements of Variational Principles
* Foundations of Probability and Analytical Geometry
* Number theory.
The spirit of the prize is focused on rewarding the results of researches accessible to the greatest number of professional mathematicians within these fields.
The amount of the Fermat prize has been fixed at 20 000 Euros. The FERMAT prize is
awarded once every two years in Toulouse ; the eleventh award will be announced in
October 2009.
Winners of the preceding editions: A. Bahri, K.A. Ribet (1989) – J.-L. Colliot-Thélène
(1991) – J.-M. Coron (1993) – A.J. Wiles (1995) – M. Talagrand (1997) – F. Bethuel,
F. Hélein (1999) – R. L. Taylor, W. Werner (2001) – L. Ambrosio (2003) – P. Colmez,
J.F. Le Gall (2005) – C. Khare (2007).
Rules governing the award, candidacy formalities, etc. are available from the organising secretariat of the Fermat prize:
Prix FERMAT de Recherche en Mathématiques
Service Relations publiques
Université Paul Sabatier
31062 TOULOUSE Cedex 9, France
Download :
- Rules governing the award of the FERMAT Prize for Mathematics Research
- Poster
Closing date for application forms : 30 June 2009.


