The Cole Prize is one of two prizes awarded to mathematicians by the American Mathematical Society, one for an outstanding contribution to algebra, and the other for an outstanding contribution to number theory. The prize is named after Frank Nelson Cole, who served the Society for 25 years. A prize is an award given to a person or a group of people to recognise and reward actions or achievements. ... 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. ... The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and education, which it does with various publications and conferences as well as annual monetary awards to mathematicians. ... Algebra (from Arabic: الجبر, al-ğabr) is a branch of mathematics concerning the study of structure, relation and quantity. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Frank Nelson Cole, Ph. ...

The first award for algebra was made in 1928 to L. E. Dickson, for his book Algebren und ihre Zahlentheorie, Orell Füssli, Zürich and Leipzig, 1927, while the first award for number theory was made in 1931 to H. S. Vandiver, for papers dealing with Fermat's last theorem. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Leonard Eugene Dickson (22 January 1874-17 January 1954) was an American mathematician. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Harry Schultz Vandiver (21 October 1882–9 January 1973) was an American mathematician, known for work in number theory. ... Pierre de Fermat Problem II.8 in the Arithmetica of Diophantus, annotated with Fermats comment which became Fermats Last Theorem (edition of 1670). ...

Although eligibility for the prize is not fully international, they are awarded to members of the Society and those who publish outstanding work in leading American journals.

Algebra Prize awards

• 1928 L. E. Dickson
• 1939 A. Adrian Albert
• 1944 Oscar Zariski
• 1949 Richard Brauer
• 1954 Harish-Chandra
• 1960 Serge Lang, Maxwell A. Rosenlicht
• 1965 Walter Feit, John G. Thompson
• 1970 John R. Stallings, Richard G. Swan
• 1975 Hyman Bass, Daniel G. Quillen
• 1980 Michael Aschbacher, Melvin Hochster
• 1985 George Lusztig
• 1990 Shigefumi Mori
• 1995 Michel Raynaud, David Harbater
• 2000 Andrei Suslin, Aise Johan de Jong
• 2003 Hiraku Nakajima

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Number Theory Prize awards

• 1931 H. S. Vandiver
• 1941 Claude Chevalley
• 1946 H. B. Mann
• 1951 Paul Erdős
• 1956 John T. Tate
• 1962 Kenkichi Iwasawa, Bernard M. Dwork
• 1967 James B. Ax, Simon B. Kochen
• 1972 Wolfgang M. Schmidt
• 1977 Goro Shimura
• 1982 Robert P. Langlands, Barry Mazur
• 1987 Dorian M. Goldfeld, Benedict H. Gross, Don B. Zagier
• 1992 Karl Rubin, Paul Vojta
• 1997 Andrew J. Wiles
• 2002 Henryk Iwaniec, Richard Taylor
• 2005 Peter Sarnak

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See also

• List of prizes, medals, and awards – mathematics

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External links

• Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra
• Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory