Vladimir Drinfeld

Awards

1. 1990

   Fields Medal

   Math

   Drinfeld's main preoccupation in the last decade [are] Langlands' program and quantum groups. In both domains, Drinfeld's work constituted a decisive breakthrough and prompted a wealth of research.

2. 2018

   Wolf Prize — Mathematics

   Math

   for their ground-breaking work in algebraic geometry (a field that integrates abstract algebra with geometry), in mathematical physics and in presentation theory, a field which helps to understand complex algebraic structures.

3. 2023

   Shaw Prize — Mathematical Sciences

   Math

   For their contributions related to mathematical physics, to arithmetic geometry, to differential geometry and to Kähler geometry.