Alain Connes

Awards

1. 1982

   Fields Medal

   Math

   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

   Crafoord Prize — Mathematics

   Math

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