ICTP Ramanujan Prize
{{Short description|Award in maths}}
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| sponsor = International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India (DST), International Mathematical Union (IMU)
| name = Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians
| subheader = DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries
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| reward = Lecture and US$15,000 to support the research of the recipient{{Cite web|title=The DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize|url=https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/prizes-awards/the-dst-ictp-imu-ramanujan-prize.aspx|access-date=2021-12-21|publisher=International Centre for Theoretical Physics|quote=The Prize carries a $15,000 cash award. The Prize is given with the provision that the prize money be used to support the research of the recipient. The winner will be invited to ICTP to receive the Prize and deliver a lecture.}}
| firstawarded = 2005
| eligibility = "less than 45 years of age on 31 December of the year of the award and has conducted outstanding research in developing countries"{{Cite web|title=Indian Mathematician receives 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries|url=https://dst.gov.in/indian-mathematician-receives-2021-dst-ictp-imu-ramanujan-prize-young-mathematicians-developing|website=Department of Science and Technology, India}}
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The DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries is a mathematics prize awarded annually by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy.{{Cite web|title=The DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize|url=https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/prizes-awards/the-dst-ictp-imu-ramanujan-prize.aspx|access-date=2021-12-21|publisher=International Centre for Theoretical Physics|quote=The Prize carries a $15,000 cash award. The Prize is given with the provision that the prize money be used to support the research of the recipient. The winner will be invited to ICTP to receive the Prize and deliver a lecture.}} The prize is named after the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. It was founded in 2004,{{Cite web |url=https://www.ictp.it/media/612528/ictp_full_technical_report_2012.pdf |title=The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics Full Technical Report 2012, p. 182 |access-date=9 May 2015 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172050/https://www.ictp.it/media/612528/ictp_full_technical_report_2012.pdf |url-status=live }} and was first awarded in 2005.
The prize is awarded to a researcher from a developing country less than 45 years of age who has conducted outstanding research in a developing country.{{citation|title=Ramanujan's Place in the World of Mathematics: Essays Providing a Comparative Study|first=Krishnaswami|last=Alladi|date=2013 |authorlink= Krishnaswami Alladi |publisher=Springer|isbn=9788132207672|contribution=Niels Henrik Abel: Norwegian Mathematical Genius|pages=81–88|doi=10.1007/978-81-322-0767-2_13}}. See in particular [https://books.google.com/books?id=XLNJDylP53QC&pg=PA87 p. 87]. Reprint of an article originally published in The Hindu, December 2004. The prize is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (India) and Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters through the Abel Fund, with the cooperation of the International Mathematical Union.
List of winners
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.mathunion.org/general/prizes/ramanujan-prize/prize-winners/winners/ International Mathematical Union]