Barry
Mazur
Gerhard Gade University Professor of Mathematics
Harvard University
2011
Mathematics
For original and landmark contributions to differential topology, number theory, and arithmetic algebraic geometry, where, among other applications, his work was foundational to Wiles? proof of Fermat?s Last Theorem, and for his dedication to communicating subtle mathematical ideas to the broader public.
President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on February 1, 2013.