AbelLaureatesList 2009-05-24 14:08:29 2009-05-24 14:08:29 Topic biographies on PlanetPhysics-org Abel award notable mathematicians and mathematical physicists Abel prize awards \section{Abel Award Laureates:} \begin{itemize} \item 2003: Jean-Pierre Serre, ``{\em for playing a key role in shaping the modern form of many parts of mathematics, including topology, algebraic geometry and number theory.}'' \item 2004: Sir Michael Francis Atiyah and Isadore M. Singer, ``for their discovery and proof of the index theorem, bringing together topology, geometry and analysis, and their outstanding role in building new bridges between mathematics and theoretical physics.'' \item 2005: Peter D. Lax, ``for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory and application of partial differential equations and to the computation of their solutions.'' \item 2006: Lennart Carleson, ``for his profound and seminal contributions to harmonic analysis and the theory of smooth dynamical systems.'' \item 2007: Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan, ``for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviations.'' \item 2009: Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, ``for his revolutionary contributions to geometry.'' \end{itemize}