Lars Hörmander

Awards

1. 1962

   Fields Medal

   Math

   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. 1988

   Wolf Prize — Mathematics

   Math

   for fundamental work in modern analysis, in particular, the application of pseudo differential and Fourier integral operators to linear partial differential equations.