The David Hilbert Award, named after David Hilbert, was established by the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions to acknowledge mathematicians who have contributed to the development of mathematics worldwide.
Each awardee is selected by the Executive and Advisory Committee of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions on the recommendation of the WFNMC Awards Subcommittee.[1]
Past recipients
1991 [criteria 1][1]
Edward Barbeau, Canada
Arthur Engel, Germany
Graham Pollard, Australia
1992
Martin Gardner, United States of America
Murray Klamkin, Canada
Marcin E Kuczma, Poland
1994
María Falk de Losada, Colombia
Peter J. O'Halloran, Australia
1996
Andy Liu, Canada
See also
List of mathematics awards
Notes
The 1991 awardees were selected under a different criterion. That of writing the most interesting articles from previous years in the World Federation National Mathematics Competitions Journal.
References
"David Hilbert and Paul Erdös Awards". Australian Mathematics Trust. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved May 2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
Sources
Homepage of the award.
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Graduate Studies in Mathematics
Hellenica World - Scientific Library
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