Abel Prize awarded, 2026, to Gerd Faltings

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TL;DR

Abel Prize awarded, 2026. To German Mathematician Gerd Faltings, who had won the Fields medal in 1986, for his work on the Mordell Conjecture. Now we know ( joke) why fresh 42 hadn't been around PF for a while.

 

[mathwonk]

Thank you for drawing attention to this. Many years ago, one of my friends told me as a joke on himself, that he had been referee for one of Faltings early 1980's papers, and had scolded the author for being bold enough to suggest that he hoped his work might contribute to a solution of Mordell's conjecture!