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OSLO — An American professor at the University of Texas, Austin, has won the 6 million kroner ($1 million) Abel Prize for mathematics.

The prize jury praises John Tate as “a prime architect” of number theory, a branch of mathematics that has played a key role in the development of modern computers.

The award citation issued Wednesday says Tate “has truly left a conspicuous imprint on modern mathematics” by advancing “one of (its) most elaborate and sophisticated branches.”

The annual Abel Prize was created by the Norwegian government in 2003 and is awarded to candidates who have contributed to the mathematical sciences. The winner is selected by an international committee of five mathematicians.

The prize will be given to Tate at a May 25 ceremony in Oslo.

SAN ANTONIO, Apr 12, 2010 — Winners Announced for 24th Annual Statewide Science Competition

–ExxonMobil is Title Sponsor for 10th Year, Contributing $75,000

–Hosted by the University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas Science Careers Consortium

Two hundred twenty students were awarded today with highest honors at the ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair, a four-day competition that brings together top science fair winners from across the state. Best of Fair awards, presented to the top contestants in the junior and senior divisions, were presented to Carlos Rivero-Lopez of Sugar Land, Texas and Amy Chyao of Plano, Texas.

Students competed in two divisions — junior (grades six through eight) and senior (grades nine through 12) — in one of 19 categories at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. Selected from more than 1,100 entries, awards were given to first through fourth place winners in each category, and Grand Prize and Best in Fair projects in each division. Senior division Grand Prize winners received all-expense paid trips to compete at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 9–14 in San Jose, Calif. The top 10 percent of competitors in the junior division qualified to participate in the Discovery Channel Young Scientists Challenge. Read the rest of this entry »