The Francois Deruyts Prize, or Prix Francois Deruyts, is awarded every four years to recognize progress in synthetic or analytic superior geometry. It was established in 1902 by the
Académie Royale de Belgique
The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium (RASAB) is a non-governmental association which promotes and organises science and the arts in Belgium by coordinating the national and international activities of its constituent academies su ...
, Classe des Sciences, and carries a monetary award. Originally recipients had to be Belgian, but currently
EU nationals are eligible.
Recipients
The recipients of the Francois Deruyts Prize are:
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* 1906: Modeste Stuyvaert
* 1910: Joseph Fairon
* 1914:
Lucien Godeaux
Lucien Godeaux (1887–1975) was a prolific Belgian mathematician. His total of more than 1000 papers and books, 669 of which are found in Mathematical Reviews, made him one of the most published mathematicians. He was the sole author of all but o ...
* 1918: No award
* 1926: No award
* 1930: Roland Deaux
* 1934: Augustin Delgleize
* 1938: Pol Burniat
* 1938: Octave Rozet
* 1942: Pierre Defrise
* 1946: François Jongmans
* 1946: Louis Nollet
* 1950: Léon-Élie Derwidué
* 1954:
Guy Hirsch
Guy Hirsch (20 September 1915 – 4 August 1993) was a Belgian mathematician and philosopher of mathematics, who worked on algebraic topology and epistemology of mathematics.
He became a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science ...
* 1958: Fernand Backes
* 1962:
Paul Dedecker
* 1962:
Jacques Tits
* 1966: No award
* 1970: J.A. Thas
* 1974:
Pierre Deligne
* 1978: Michel Cahen
* 1982:
Francis Buekenhout
Francis Buekenhout (born 23 April 1937 in Ixelles near Brussels) is a Belgian mathematician who introduced Buekenhout geometries and the concept of quadratic sets.
Career
Buekenhout studied at the University of Brussels under Jacques Tits and ...
* 1986: Pierre Lecomte
* 1990: Luc Haine
* 1994: Luc Lemaire
* 1998:
Simone Gutt
* 2002: Yves Félix
* 2006: Frédéric Bourgeois
* 2010: Lorenz Johannes Schwachhöfer
* 2014: Pascal Lambrechts
* 2018:
Dimitri Leemans
See also
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List of mathematics awards
This list of mathematics awards is an index to articles about notable awards for mathematics. The list is organized by the region and country of the organization that sponsors the award, but awards may be open to mathematicians from around the wor ...
References
Mathematics awards
1902 establishments in Belgium
Awards established in 1902