匈牙利數學家Endre Szemerédi由於(yu) “在離散數學和理論計算機科學方麵的根本性貢獻，以及這些貢獻對堆壘數論和遍曆理論方麵產(chan) 生的深刻而持久的影響”而榮獲2012年度阿貝爾獎。他最重要的成果之一是Szemerédi定理，該定理表明，對於(yu) 任何具有正密度的整數集合，存在任意長的算術級數。Szemerédi是匈牙利科學院阿爾弗雷德·萊利數學研究所終身研究員、新澤西州羅格斯大學計算機科學講座教授。阿貝爾獎由挪威科學與(yu) 文學院頒發，旨在表彰在數學領域做出具有非凡的深度和影響力的科學貢獻，自2003年起每年頒發一次，獎金600萬(wan) 挪威克朗，略超100萬(wan) 美元。2012年5月22日在奧斯陸舉(ju) 行阿貝爾獎頒獎儀(yi) 式，將由挪威國王哈拉爾五世為(wei) Szemerédi親(qin) 自頒獎。

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Endre Szemerédi has won the 2012 Abel Prize "for his fundamental contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science and in recognition of the profound and lasting impact of these contributions on additive number theory and ergodic theory." One of his most important results is Szemerédi’s Theorem, which shows that in any set of integers with positive density, there are arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions. Szemerédi is Permanent Research Fellow at the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics,HungarianAcademyof Sciences, and New Jersey Professor of Computer Science atRutgersUniversity.

The Abel Prize, awarded by theNorwegianAcademyof Science and Letters, recognizes contributions of extraordinary depth and influence to the mathematical sciences and has been awarded annually since 2003. It carries a cash award of NOK 6,000,000, a little over US$1,000,000. Szemerédi will receive the 2012 Abel Prize fromNorway's King Harald in a ceremony inOsloon May 22.