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一个数学家可望获得的最高奖赏是菲尔兹奖章(Fields Medal),这个奖赏所带来的威望在许多方面可与诺贝尔奖金相比。J.C.菲尔兹为体现该奖赏的金质奖章设立了一个基金信托会,他说过,这些奖章的授与只应该“基于所完成的工作,同时就得奖者方面而言,则是作为对他取得进一步成就的一种鼓励”。这些话的意思可解释为该奖章应该颁发给青年数学家们(一般在40岁以下)。自从1936年第一次颁发了两枚奖章以来,严格地遵循了上述惯例。菲尔兹奖章每四年才发一次,即在隔四年开一次的国际数学家大会上颁发。今年的菲尔兹奖章发给了苏联的格雷戈里·A·玛古利斯(Gregory A.Margoulis),马萨诸塞理工学院的丹尼尔·奎伦(Daniel Quillan),普林斯顿大学的查理·费弗曼(Charles Fefferman)和法国高级科学研究院的皮埃尔·德利昆(Pierre Deligne)。本文译自Science,vol.202,1978.10.20,作者G.D.Mostow是在美国耶鲁大学数学系工作。
The highest reward a mathematician can expect is the Fields Medal, which in many ways compares with the Nobel Prize. JC Fields set up a fund trust for the gold medal that reflected the prize, and he said that the medal should only be awarded “on the basis of the work done and, in the case of winners, An encouragement for further achievements ”. The meaning of these words can be interpreted as that the medal should be awarded to young mathematicians (generally under the age of 40). Since the first two medals were awarded in 1936, the above practice has been strictly followed. The Fields Medal is issued only once every four years, at the International Mathematicians Conference which has been held once every four years. This year’s Fields Medal was sent to Gregory A. Margoulis of the Soviet Union, Daniel Quillan of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charlie Fehlerman of Princeton University Charles Fefferman and Pierre Deligne at the French Academy of Advanced Science. This article is translated from Science, vol.202,1978.10.20, Author G.D.Mostow is working in the Department of Mathematics, Yale University.