Emil Artin Junior Prize in Mathematics
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Emil Artin Junior Prize in Mathematics

Established in 2001, the Emil Artin Junior Prize in Mathematics
is presented usually every year to a former student of an
Armenian
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

 university, who is under the age of thirty-five,
for outstanding contributions in algebra
Algebra
Algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning the study of the rules of operations and relations, and the constructions and concepts arising from them, including terms, polynomials, equations and algebraic structures...

, geometry
Geometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers ....

, topology
Topology
Topology is a major area of mathematics concerned with properties that are preserved under continuous deformations of objects, such as deformations that involve stretching, but no tearing or gluing...

,
and number theory
Number theory
Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers. Number theorists study prime numbers as well...

. The award is announced in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society
Notices of the American Mathematical Society
Notices of the American Mathematical Society is a membership magazine of the American Mathematical Society, published monthly except for the combined June/July issue. It is the world's most widely read mathematics magazine, sent to the approximately 30,000 AMS members worldwide...

.
The prize is named after Emil Artin
Emil Artin
Emil Artin was an Austrian-American mathematician of Armenian descent.-Parents:Emil Artin was born in Vienna to parents Emma Maria, née Laura , a soubrette on the operetta stages of Austria and Germany, and Emil Hadochadus Maria Artin, Austrian-born of Armenian descent...

, who was of Armenian
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

 descent. Although eligibility for
the prize is not fully international, as the recipient has to have studied in Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

,
awards are made only for specific outstanding publications in leading international journals.

Emil Artin Junior Prize awards

  • 2001 Vahagn Mikaelian
  • 2002 Artur Barkhudaryan
  • 2004 Gurgen R. Asatryan
  • 2005 Mihran Papikian
  • 2007 Ashot Minasyan
  • 2008 Nansen Petrosyan
  • 2009 Grigor Sargsyan
  • 2010 Hrant Hakobyan
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