Belgian mathematician >Pierre Deligne, who is regarded as one of the most celebrated mathematicians of the 20th century, has been chosen for this year’s prestigious Abel Prize in Mathematics. The ...

Pierre Deligne netted the prize, one oft he most prestigious in mathematics and worth about $1 million, for proving a deep conjecture about algebraic geometry which has helped to transform number ...

PRINCETON — Belgian-born professor Pierre Deligne has won this year's $1 million Abel Prize in mathematics for his contributions to algebraic geometry and their "transformative impact on number theory ...

Mathematicians have used pictures to solve equations ever since Pythagoras cooked up his famous theorem, but it wasn’t until the 20th century that the deep links between shapes and sums really came ...

Pierre Deligne has excelled in finding connections between various fields of mathematics, leading to several important discoveries. Photo: Cliff Moore/AP(Cliff Moore/AP) Oslo: Belgian-born Pierre ...

Belgian-born mathematician Pierre Deligne was Wednesday awarded the six-million-kroner ($1 million) Abel Prize for mathematics, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters said. Deligne was cited for ...