The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40

years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union

(IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The name of the award honours
the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields.[1]

The Fields Medal is regarded as one of the highest honors a mathematician can
receive, and has been described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics,[2][3][4]
although there are several major differences, including frequency of award, number
of awards, age limits, monetary value, and award criteria.[5] According to the
annual Academic Excellence Survey by ARWU, the Fields Medal is consistently
regarded as the top award in the field of mathematics worldwide,[6] and in another
reputation survey conducted by IREG in 2013–14, the Fields Medal came closely after
the Abel Prize as the second most prestigious international award in mathematics.
[7][8]

The prize includes a monetary award which, since 2006, has been CA$15,000.[9][10]
Fields was instrumental in establishing the award, designing the medal himself, and
funding the monetary component, though he died before it was established and his
plan was overseen by John Lighton Synge.[1]

The medal was first awarded in 1936 to Finnish mathematician Lars Ahlfors and
American mathematician Jesse Douglas, and it has been awarded every four years
since 1950. Its purpose is to give recognition and support to younger mathematical
researchers who have made major contributions. In 2014, the Iranian mathematician
Maryam Mirzakhani became the first female Fields Medalist.[11][12][13] In total, 64
people have been awarded the Fields Medal.

The most recent group of Fields Medalists received their awards on 5 July 2022 in
an online event which was live-streamed from Helsinki, Finland. It was originally
meant to be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, but was moved following the 2022
Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Conditions of the award

The Fields Medal has for a long time been regarded as the most prestigious award in
the field of mathematics and is often described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics.
[2][3][4] Unlike the Nobel Prize, the Fields Medal is only awarded every four
years. The Fields Medal also has an age limit: a recipient must be under age 40 on
1 January of the year in which the medal is awarded. The under-40 rule is based on
Fields's desire that "while it was in recognition of work already done, it was at
the same time intended to be an encouragement for further achievement on the part
of the recipients and a stimulus to renewed effort on the part of others."[14]
Moreover, an individual can only be awarded one Fields Medal; winners are
ineligible to be awarded future medals.[15]

First awarded in 1936, 64 people have won the medal as of 2022.[16] With the
exception of two PhD holders in physics (Edward Witten and Martin Hairer),[17] only
people with a PhD in mathematics have won the medal.[18]

List of Fields medalists

In certain years, the Fields medalists have been officially cited for particular
mathematical achievements, while in other years such specificities have not been
given. However, in every year that the medal has been awarded, noted mathematicians
have lectured at the International Congress of Mathematicians on each medalist's
body of work. In the following table, official citations are quoted when possible
(namely for the years 1958, 1998, and every year since 2006). For the other years
through 1986, summaries of the ICM lectures, as written by Donald Albers, Gerald L.
Alexanderson, and Constance Reid, are quoted.[19] In the remaining years (1990,
1994, and 2002), part of the text of the ICM lecture itself has been quoted.
Year ICM location Medalists[20] Affiliation
(when awarded) Affiliation
(current/last) Reasons
1936 Oslo, Norway Lars Ahlfors University of Helsinki, Finland
Harvard University, US[21][22] "Awarded medal for research on covering
surfaces related to Riemann surfaces of inverse functions of entire and meromorphic
functions. Opened up new fields of analysis."[23]
Jesse Douglas Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US City College of New
York, US[24][25] "Did important work on the Plateau problem which is concerned
with finding minimal surfaces connecting and determined by some fixed
boundary."[23]
1950 Cambridge, US Laurent Schwartz University of Nancy, France University
of Paris VII, France[26][27] "Developed the theory of distributions, a new notion
of generalized function motivated by the Dirac delta-function of theoretical
physics."[28]
Atle Selberg Institute for Advanced Study, US Institute for Advanced Study,
US[29] "Developed generalizations of the sieve methods of Viggo Brun; achieved
major results on zeros of the Riemann zeta function; gave an elementary proof of
the prime number theorem (with P. Erdős), with a generalization to prime numbers in
an arbitrary arithmetic progression."[28]
1954 Amsterdam, Netherlands Kunihiko Kodaira Princeton University, US,
University of Tokyo, Japan and Institute for Advanced Study, US[30] University
of Tokyo, Japan[31] "Achieved major results in the theory of harmonic integrals
and numerous applications to Kählerian and more specifically to algebraic
varieties. He demonstrated, by sheaf cohomology, that such varieties are Hodge
manifolds."[32][dubious – discuss]
Jean-Pierre Serre University of Nancy, France Collège de France, France[33][34]
"Achieved major results on the homotopy groups of spheres, especially in his
use of the method of spectral sequences. Reformulated and extended some of the main
results of complex variable theory in terms of sheaves."[32]
1958 Edinburgh, UK Klaus Roth University College London, UK Imperial College
London, UK[35] "for solving a famous problem of number theory, namely, the
determination of the exact exponent in the Thue-Siegel inequality"[36]
René Thom University of Strasbourg, France Institut des Hautes Études
Scientifiques, France[37] "for creating the theory of 'Cobordisme' which has,
within the few years of its existence, led to the most penetrating insight into the
topology of differentiable manifolds."[36]
1962 Stockholm, Sweden Lars Hörmander University of Stockholm, Sweden Lund
University, Sweden[38] "Worked in partial differential equations. Specifically,
contributed to the general theory of linear differential operators. The questions
go back to one of Hilbert's problems at the 1900 congress."[39]
John Milnor Princeton University, US Stony Brook University, US[40]
"Proved that a 7-dimensional sphere can have several differential structures;
this led to the creation of the field of differential topology."[39]
1966 Moscow, USSR Michael Atiyah University of Oxford, UK University
of Edinburgh, UK[41] "Did joint work with Hirzebruch in K-theory; proved jointly
with Singer the index theorem of elliptic operators on complex manifolds; worked in
collaboration with Bott to prove a fixed point theorem related to the 'Lefschetz
formula'."[42]
Paul Cohen Stanford University, US Stanford University, US[43] "Used technique
called "forcing" to prove the independence in set theory of the axiom of choice and
of the generalized continuum hypothesis. The latter problem was the first of
Hilbert's problems of the 1900 Congress."[42]
Alexander Grothendieck Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France Centre
National de la Recherche Scientifique, France[44] "Built on work of Weil and
Zariski and effected fundamental advances in algebraic geometry. He introduced the
idea of K-theory (the Grothendieck groups and rings). Revolutionized homological
algebra in his celebrated ‘Tôhoku paper’."[42]
Stephen Smale University of California, Berkeley, US City University of Hong
Kong, Hong Kong[45] "Worked in differential topology where he proved the
generalized Poincaré conjecture in dimension n≥5: Every closed, n-dimensional
manifold homotopy-equivalent to the n-dimensional sphere is homeomorphic to it.
Introduced the method of handle-bodies to solve this and related problems."[42]
1970 Nice, France Alan Baker University of Cambridge, UK Trinity College,
Cambridge, UK[46] "Generalized the Gelfond-Schneider theorem (the solution to
Hilbert's seventh problem). From this work he generated transcendental numbers not
previously identified."[47]
Heisuke Hironaka Harvard University, US Kyoto University, Japan[48][49]
"Generalized work of Zariski who had proved for dimension ≤ 3 the theorem
concerning the resolution of singularities on an algebraic variety. Hironaka proved
the results in any dimension."[47]
Sergei Novikov Moscow State University, USSR Steklov Mathematical Institute,
Russia
Moscow State University, Russia University of Maryland-College Park, US[50][51]

"Made important advances in topology, the most well-known being his proof of the
topological invariance of the Pontryagin classes of the differentiable manifold.
His work included a study of the cohomology and homotopy of Thom spaces."[47]
John G. Thompson University of Cambridge, UK University of Cambridge, UK
University of Florida, US[52]

"Proved jointly with W. Feit that all non-cyclic finite simple groups have even
order. The extension of this work by Thompson determined the minimal simple finite
groups, that is, the simple finite groups whose proper subgroups are solvable."[47]
1974 Vancouver, Canada Enrico Bombieri University of Pisa, Italy Institute
for Advanced Study, US[53] "Major contributions in the primes, in univalent
functions and the local Bieberbach conjecture, in theory of functions of several
complex variables, and in theory of partial differential equations and minimal
surfaces – in particular, to the solution of Bernstein's problem in higher
dimensions."[54]
David Mumford Harvard University, US Brown University, US[55] "Contributed
to problems of the existence and structure of varieties of moduli, varieties whose
points parametrize isomorphism classes of some type of geometric object. Also made
several important contributions to the theory of algebraic surfaces."[54]
1978 Helsinki, Finland Pierre Deligne Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques,
France Institute for Advanced Study, US[56] "Gave solution of the three
Weil conjectures concerning generalizations of the Riemann hypothesis to finite
fields. His work did much to unify algebraic geometry and algebraic number
theory."[57]
Charles Fefferman Princeton University, US Princeton University, US[58]
"Contributed several innovations that revised the study of multidimensional
complex analysis by finding correct generalizations of classical (low-dimensional)
results."[57][dubious – discuss]
Grigory Margulis Moscow State University, USSR Yale University, US[59] "Provided
innovative analysis of the structure of Lie groups. His work belongs to
combinatorics, differential geometry, ergodic theory, dynamical systems, and Lie
groups."[57]
Daniel Quillen Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US University of Oxford,
UK[60] "The prime architect of the higher algebraic K-theory, a new tool that
successfully employed geometric and topological methods and ideas to formulate and
solve major problems in algebra, particularly ring theory and module theory."[57]
1982 Warsaw, Poland Alain Connes Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques,
France Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France
Collège de France, France Ohio State University, US[61]

"Contributed to the theory of operator algebras, particularly the general

classification and structure theorem of factors of type III, classification of
automorphisms of the hyperfinite factor, classification of injective factors, and
applications of the theory of C*-algebras to foliations and differential geometry
in general."[62]
William Thurston Princeton University, US Cornell University, US[63]
"Revolutionized study of topology in 2 and 3 dimensions, showing interplay
between analysis, topology, and geometry. Contributed idea that a very large class
of closed 3-manifolds carry a hyperbolic structure."[62]
Shing-Tung Yau Institute for Advanced Study, US Harvard University, US[64]
"Made contributions in differential equations, also to the Calabi conjecture
in algebraic geometry, to the positive mass conjecture of general relativity
theory, and to real and complex Monge–Ampère equations."[62]
1986 Berkeley, US Simon Donaldson University of Oxford, UK Imperial
College London, UK[65] Stony Brook University, US[66] "Received medal primarily for
his work on topology of four-manifolds, especially for showing that there is a
differential structure on euclidian four-space which is different from the usual
structure."[67][dubious – discuss]
Gerd Faltings Princeton University, US Max Planck Institute for
Mathematics, Germany[68] "Using methods of arithmetic algebraic geometry, he
received medal primarily for his proof of the Mordell Conjecture."[67]
Michael Freedman University of California, San Diego, US Microsoft Station Q,
US[69] "Developed new methods for topological analysis of four-manifolds. One
of his results is a proof of the four-dimensional Poincaré Conjecture."[67]
1990 Kyoto, Japan Vladimir Drinfeld B Verkin Institute for Low Temperature
Physics and Engineering, USSR[70] University of Chicago, US[71] "Drinfeld's main
preoccupation in the last decade [are] Langlands' program and quantum groups. In
both domains, Drinfeld's work constituted a decisive breakthrough and prompted a
wealth of research."[72]
Vaughan Jones University of California, Berkeley, US University of
California, Berkeley, US[73]
Vanderbilt University, US[74]

"Jones discovered an astonishing relationship between von Neumann algebras and

geometric topology. As a result, he found a new polynomial invariant for knots and
links in 3-space."[75]
Shigefumi Mori Kyoto University, Japan Kyoto University, Japan[76] "The most
profound and exciting development in algebraic geometry during the last decade or
so was [...] Mori's Program in connection with the classification problems of
algebraic varieties of dimension three." "Early in 1979, Mori brought to algebraic
geometry a completely new excitement, that was his proof of Hartshorne's
conjecture."[77]
Edward Witten Institute for Advanced Study, US Institute for Advanced Study,
US[78] "Time and again he has surprised the mathematical community by a
brilliant application of physical insight leading to new and deep mathematical
theorems."[79]
1994 Zurich, Switzerland Jean Bourgain Institut des Hautes Études
Scientifiques, France Institute for Advanced Study, US[80] "Bourgain's work
touches on several central topics of mathematical analysis: the geometry of Banach
spaces, convexity in high dimensions, harmonic analysis, ergodic theory, and
finally, nonlinear partial differential equations from mathematical physics."[81]
Pierre-Louis Lions University of Paris 9, France Collège de France, France
École polytechnique, France[82]

"His contributions cover a variety of areas, from probability theory to partial

differential equations (PDEs). Within the PDE area he has done several beautiful
things in nonlinear equations. The choice of his problems have always been
motivated by applications."[83]
Jean-Christophe Yoccoz Paris-Sud 11 University, France Collège de France,
France[84] "Yoccoz obtained a very enlightening proof of Bruno's theorem, and he
was able to prove the converse [...] Palis and Yoccoz obtained a complete system of
C∞ conjugation invariants for Morse-Smale diffeomorphisms."[85]
Efim Zelmanov University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Chicago, US
Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russia,
University of California, San Diego, US[86]

"For the solution of the restricted Burnside problem."[87]

1998 Berlin, Germany Richard Borcherds University of California, Berkeley, US
University of Cambridge, UK

University of California, Berkeley, US[88] "For his contributions to algebra,

the theory of automorphic forms, and mathematical physics, including the
introduction of vertex algebras and Borcherds' Lie algebras, the proof of the
Conway–Norton moonshine conjecture and the discovery of a new class of automorphic
infinite products."[89]
Timothy Gowers University of Cambridge, UK University of Cambridge, UK[90]
"For his contributions to functional analysis and combinatorics, developing a
new vision of infinite-dimensional geometry, including the solution of two of
Banach's problems and the discovery of the so called Gowers' dichotomy: every
infinite dimensional Banach space contains either a subspace with many symmetries
(technically, with an unconditional basis) or a subspace every operator on which is
Fredholm of index zero."[89]
Maxim Kontsevich Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France
Rutgers University, US

Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France

Rutgers University, US[91]

"For his contributions to algebraic geometry, topology, and mathematical physics,

including the proof of Witten's conjecture of intersection numbers in moduli spaces
of stable curves, construction of the universal Vassiliev invariant of knots, and
formal quantization of Poisson manifolds."[89]
Curtis T. McMullen Harvard University, US Harvard University, US[92] "For
his contributions to the theory of holomorphic dynamics and geometrization of
three-manifolds, including proofs of Bers' conjecture on the density of cusp points
in the boundary of the Teichmüller space, and Kra's theta-function conjecture."[89]
2002 Beijing, China Laurent Lafforgue Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques,
France Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France[93] "Laurent Lafforgue
has been awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Langlands correspondence for
the full linear groups GLr (r≥1) over function fields of positive
characteristic."[94]
Vladimir Voevodsky Institute for Advanced Study, US Institute for Advanced
Study, US[95] "He defined and developed motivic cohomology and the A1-homotopy
theory, provided a framework for describing many new cohomology theories for
algebraic varieties; he proved the Milnor conjectures on the K-theory of
fields."[96]
2006 Madrid, Spain Andrei Okounkov Princeton University, US Columbia
University, US[97]
University of California, Berkeley, US[98]

"For his contributions bridging probability, representation theory and algebraic

geometry."[99]
Grigori Perelman (declined) None St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute
of Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia[100] "For his contributions
to geometry and his revolutionary insights into the analytical and geometric
structure of the Ricci flow."[99]
Terence Tao University of California, Los Angeles, US University of California, Los
Angeles, US[101] "For his contributions to partial differential equations,
combinatorics, harmonic analysis and additive number theory."[99]
Wendelin Werner Paris-Sud 11 University, France ETH Zurich, Switzerland[102]
"For his contributions to the development of stochastic Loewner evolution,
the geometry of two-dimensional Brownian motion, and conformal field theory."[99]
2010 Hyderabad, India Elon Lindenstrauss Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Israel
Princeton University, US

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel[103] "For his results on measure

rigidity in ergodic theory, and their applications to number theory."[104]
Ngô Bảo Châu Paris-Sud 11 University, France
Institute for Advanced Study, US

University of Chicago, US
Institute for Advanced Study, US[105]

"For his proof of the Fundamental Lemma in the theory of automorphic forms through
the introduction of new algebra-geometric methods."[104]
Stanislav Smirnov University of Geneva, Switzerland University of Geneva,
Switzerland
St. Petersburg State University, Russia[106]

"For the proof of conformal invariance of percolation and the planar Ising model in
statistical physics."[104]
Cédric Villani École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
Institut Henri Poincaré, France

Lyon University, France

Institut Henri Poincaré, France[107]

"For his proofs of nonlinear Landau damping and convergence to equilibrium for the
Boltzmann equation."[104]
2014 Seoul, South Korea Artur Avila University of Paris VII, France
CNRS, France Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Brazil

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Brazil

"For his profound contributions to dynamical systems theory, which have changed the
face of the field, using the powerful idea of renormalization as a unifying
principle."[108]
Manjul Bhargava Princeton University, US Princeton University, US[109][110]
[111] "For developing powerful new methods in the geometry of numbers, which he
applied to count rings of small rank and to bound the average rank of elliptic
curves."[108]
Martin Hairer University of Warwick, UK Imperial College London, UK "For
his outstanding contributions to the theory of stochastic partial differential
equations, and in particular for the creation of a theory of regularity structures
for such equations."[108]
Maryam Mirzakhani Stanford University, US Stanford University, US[112][113] "For
her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and
their moduli spaces."[108]
2018 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Caucher Birkar University of Cambridge, UK
University of Cambridge, UK "For the proof of the boundedness of Fano
varieties and for contributions to the minimal model program."[114]
Alessio Figalli Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland "For contributions to the
theory of optimal transport and its applications in partial differential equations,
metric geometry and probability."[114]
Peter Scholze University of Bonn, Germany University of Bonn, Germany "For
having transformed arithmetic algebraic geometry over p-adic fields."[114]
Akshay Venkatesh Stanford University, US Institute for Advanced Study, US[115]
 "For his synthesis of analytic number theory, homogeneous dynamics, topology,
and representation theory, which has resolved long-standing problems in areas such
as the equidistribution of arithmetic objects."[114]
2022 Helsinki, Finland[a] Hugo Duminil-Copin Institut des Hautes Études
Scientifiques, France
University of Geneva, Switzerland [118]

Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France

University of Geneva, Switzerland [118]

"For solving longstanding problems in the probabilistic theory of phase transitions

in statistical physics, especially in dimensions three and four."[119]
June Huh Princeton University, US Princeton University, US "For
bringing the ideas of Hodge theory to combinatorics, the proof of the Dowling–
Wilson conjecture for geometric lattices, the proof of the Heron–Rota–Welsh
conjecture for matroids, the development of the theory of Lorentzian polynomials,
and the proof of the strong Mason conjecture."[119]
James Maynard University of Oxford, UK University of Oxford, UK "For
contributions to analytic number theory, which have led to major advances in the
understanding of the structure of prime numbers and in Diophantine
approximation."[119]
Maryna Viazovska École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, SwitzerlandÉcole
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland "For the proof that the

8
E_{8} lattice provides the densest packing of identical spheres in 8 dimensions,
and further contributions to related extremal problems and interpolation problems
in Fourier analysis."[119][120]
ICM 2022 was originally planned to be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, but was
moved online following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The award ceremony for
the Fields Medals and prize winner lectures took place in Helsinki, Finland and
were live-streamed.[116][117]
Landmarks
The medal was first awarded in 1936 to the Finnish mathematician Lars Ahlfors and
the American mathematician Jesse Douglas, and it has been awarded every four years
since 1950. Its purpose is to give recognition and support to younger mathematical
researchers who have made major contributions.

In 1954, Jean-Pierre Serre became the youngest winner of the Fields Medal, at 27.
[121] He retains this distinction.[122]

In 1966, Alexander Grothendieck boycotted the ICM, held in Moscow, to protest

Soviet military actions taking place in Eastern Europe.[123] Léon Motchane, founder
and director of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, attended and accepted
Grothendieck's Fields Medal on his behalf.[124]

In 1970, Sergei Novikov, because of restrictions placed on him by the Soviet

government, was unable to travel to the congress in Nice to receive his medal.[125]

In 1978, Grigory Margulis, because of restrictions placed on him by the Soviet

government, was unable to travel to the congress in Helsinki to receive his medal.
The award was accepted on his behalf by Jacques Tits, who said in his address: "I
cannot but express my deep disappointment—no doubt shared by many people here—in
the absence of Margulis from this ceremony. In view of the symbolic meaning of this
city of Helsinki, I had indeed grounds to hope that I would have a chance at last
to meet a mathematician whom I know only through his work and for whom I have the
greatest respect and admiration."[126]

In 1982, the congress was due to be held in Warsaw but had to be rescheduled to the
next year, because of martial law introduced in Poland on 13 December 1981. The
awards were announced at the ninth General Assembly of the IMU earlier in the year
and awarded at the 1983 Warsaw congress.[citation needed]

In 1990, Edward Witten became the first physicist to win the award.[127]

In 1998, at the ICM, Andrew Wiles was presented by the chair of the Fields Medal
Committee, Yuri I. Manin, with the first-ever IMU silver plaque in recognition of
his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Don Zagier referred to the plaque as a
"quantized Fields Medal". Accounts of this award frequently make reference that at
the time of the award Wiles was over the age limit for the Fields medal.[128]
Although Wiles was slightly over the age limit in 1994, he was thought to be a
favorite to win the medal; however, a gap (later resolved by Taylor and Wiles) in
the proof was found in 1993.[129][130]

In 2006, Grigori Perelman, who proved the Poincaré conjecture, refused his Fields
Medal[9] and did not attend the congress.[131]

In 2014, Maryam Mirzakhani became the first Iranian as well as the first woman to
win the Fields Medal, and Artur Avila became the first South American and Manjul
Bhargava became the first person of Indian origin to do so.[132][133]

In 2022, Maryna Viazovska became the first Ukrainian to win the Fields Medal, and
June Huh became the first person of Korean origin to do so.[134][135]

Medal

The reverse of the Fields Medal

The medal was designed by Canadian sculptor R. Tait McKenzie.[136] It is made of
14KT gold, has a diameter of 63.5mm, and weighs 169g.[137]

On the obverse is Archimedes and a quote attributed to 1st century AD poet

Manilius, which reads in Latin: "Transire suum pectus mundoque potiri" ("To surpass
one's understanding and master the world").[138][139] The year number 1933 is
written in Roman numerals and contains an error ("MCNXXXIII" rather than
"MCMXXXIII").[140] In capital Greek letters the word ΑΡΧΙΜΗΔΟΥΣ, or "of
Archimedes," is inscribed.
On the reverse is the inscription (in Latin):
CONGREGATI
EX TOTO ORBE
MATHEMATICI
OB SCRIPTA INSIGNIA
TRIBUERE
Translation: "Mathematicians gathered from the entire world have awarded
[understood but not written: 'this prize'] for outstanding writings."

In the background, there is the representation of Archimedes' tomb, with the

carving illustrating his theorem On the Sphere and Cylinder, behind an olive
branch. (This is the mathematical result of which Archimedes was reportedly most
proud: Given a sphere and a circumscribed cylinder of the same height and diameter,
the ratio between their volumes is equal to 2⁄3.)

The rim bears the name of the prizewinner.[141]

Female recipients
The Fields Medal has had two female recipients, Maryam Mirzakhani from Iran in
2014, and Maryna Viazovska from Ukraine in 2022.[132][134]

In popular culture
The Fields Medal gained some recognition in popular culture due to references in
the 1997 film, Good Will Hunting. In the movie, Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgård)
is an MIT professor who won the award prior to the events of the story. Throughout
the film, references made to the award are meant to convey its prestige in the
field.[142]

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Further reading
McKinnon Riehm, Elaine; Hoffman, Frances (2011). Turbulent Times in Mathematics:
The Life of J.C. Fields and the History of the Fields Medal. Providence, RI:
American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-6914-7.
Monastyrsky, Michael (1998). Modern Mathematics in the Light of the Fields Medal.
Wellesley, MA: A. K. Peters. ISBN 1-56881-083-0.
Tropp, Henry S. (1976). "The Origins and History of the Fields Medal". Historia
Mathematica. 3 (2): 167–181. doi:10.1016/0315-0860(76)90033-1..
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