The World Math Abel Prize was awarded to an Argentine professor and researcher, Luis Caffarelli for his work on Partial Differential Equations. It is the first time a Latin American citizen receives such a prize, whose research has been crucial to help describe phenomena such as the flow of water and demographic growth.
First awarded in 2003, the Abel Prize recognises achievements in mathematics, and is often considered to be an equivalent of the Nobel prize, which does not have a maths category.
A small country, Norway has produced exceptional representatives in various disciplines. Magnus Carlsen, the chess world champion, is joined by fellow geniuses hailing from the Scandinavian country: Niels Henrik Abel, Henrik Ibsen, Edvard Grieg and Edvard Munch. Diana Mihajlova tells us more.