Alain Connes

Premios

1. 1982

   Medalla Fields

   Matemáticas

   Contributed to the theory of operator algebras, particularly the general classification and structure theorem of factors of type III, classification of automorphisms of the hyperfinite factor, classification of injective factors, and applications of the theory of C*-algebras to foliations and differential geometry in general.

2. 2001

   Premio Crafoord — Matemáticas

   Matemáticas

   for his penetrating work on the theory of operator algebras and for having been a founder of non-commutative geometry