John Milnor

Premios

1. 1962

   Medalla Fields

   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).

2. 1989

   Premio Wolf — Matemáticas

   Matemáticas

   for ingenious and highly original discoveries in geometry, which have opened important new vistas in topology from the algebraic, combinatorial, and differentiable viewpoint.

3. 2011

   Premio Abel

   Matemáticas

   For pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry, and algebra.