Medalla Fields 1962: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Lars Hörmander

   Matemáticas

   Worked in partial differential equations. Specifically, contributed to the general theory of linear differential operators. The questions go back to one of Hilbert's problems at the 1900 congress.

2. John Milnor

   Matemáticas

   Proved that a 7-dimensional sphere can have several differential structures; this led to the creation of the field of differential topology" (see exotic sphere).