The Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize for Applications of Mathematics is a Mathematics Award, awarded jointly by the International Mathematical Union and the German Mathematical Society for "outstanding mathematical contributions that have found significant applications outside of mathematics". It is to be awarded for the first time in 2006, and then every four years, at the International Congress of Mathematicians. It is named after the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. The International Mathematical Union is an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the field of mathematics. ... The German Mathematical Society (German:Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung - DMV) is the main professional society of German mathematicians. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the biggest congress in mathematics. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and scientist of profound genius who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, magnetism, astronomy and optics. ...

Unlike the Fields Medal, there is no age limit for the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize. The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to up to four mathematicians not over forty years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (therefore once every four years). ...

The prize consists of a medal and a cash prize (10,000 € in 2006).

External links

• Press release by the IMU
• Statutes of the prize