The David Hilbert Award, named after David Hilbert, was established by the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions to acknowledge mathematicians who have contributed to the development of mathematics worldwide.
Each awardee is selected by the Executive and Advisory Committee of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions on the recommendation of the WFNMC Awards Subcommittee.[1]
Past recipients
edit- 1991 [criteria 1][1]
- Edward Barbeau, Canada
- Arthur Engel, Germany
- Graham Pollard, Australia
- 1992
- Martin Gardner, United States of America
- Murray Klamkin, United States of America
- Marcin Emil Kuczma, Poland
- 1994
- María Falk de Losada, United States of America
- Peter J. O'Halloran, Australia
- 1996
- Andy Liu, Canada
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ The 1991 awardees were selected under a different criterion. That of writing the most interesting articles from previous years in the World Federation National Mathematics Competitions Journal.
References
edit- ^ a b "David Hilbert and Paul Erdös Awards". Australian Mathematics Trust. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
Sources
edit- Homepage of the award.