Mathematical Sciences:

The Infosys Prize for Mathematical Sciences is awarded to Professor ManjulBhargava for his extraordinarily original work in algebraic number theory. His work has revolutionized the way in which number fields and elliptic curves are counted.

ManjulBhargava is the Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, U.S.

Jury Citation: Prof. Bhargava has made several highly original contributions to algebraic number theory. He has introduced brilliant new ideas which have turned a subject that had been largely stuck for 40 years, into one of the most active areas in number theory today. He has also proved a series of beautiful theorems that greatly enhance our understanding of number fields and elliptic curves, two of the most studied topics in number theory. In particular, he showed how to count quartic and quintic number fields, and proved that the average rank of an elliptic curve over the rational numbers is at most 7/6.