The Hausdorff medal is a mathematical prize awarded every two years by the European Set Theory Society. The award recognises the work considered to have had the most impact within

set theory Set theory is the branch of mathematical logic that studies sets, which can be informally described as collections of objects. Although objects of any kind can be collected into a set, set theory, as a branch of mathematics, is mostly conce ...

among all articles published in the previous five years. The award is named after the German mathematician

Felix Hausdorff Felix Hausdorff ( , ; November 8, 1868 – January 26, 1942) was a German mathematician who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed significantly to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory, an ...

(1868–1942).

Winners

*2013: Hugh Woodin for his articles "Suitable extender models I" ('' J. Math. Log.'' 10 (2010), no. 1–2, pp. 101–339) and "Suitable extender models II: beyond ''ω''-huge" (''J. Math. Log.'' 11 (2011), no. 2, pp. 115–436). *2015:

Ronald Jensen Ronald Björn Jensen (born April 1, 1936) is an American mathematician who lives in Germany, primarily known for his work in mathematical logic and set theory. Career Jensen completed a BA in economics at American University in 1959, and a Ph.D. ...

and John R. Steel for their article " without the measurable" (''

The Journal of Symbolic Logic ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'', Volume 78, Issue 3 (2013), pp. 708–734).Award page at the website of the European Set Theory Society
/ref> *2017: Maryanthe Malliaris and Saharon Shelah for their article "General topology meets model theory, on 𝔭 and 𝔱" ('' Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA'' 110 (2013), no. 33, 13300–13305). *2019: Itay Neeman for his work on "the new method of iterating forcing using side conditions and the tree property".

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