Karen Uhlenbeck first woman to win Abel Prize
This year’s Abel Prize has been awarded to the US mathematician Professor Karen Uhlenbeck, Princeton University, for her ‘pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory and integrable systems, and for the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry and mathematical physics ‘fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics’. She is the first woman to be awarded the prestigious honour.