Abel Prize

• Masaaki Kashiwara of Japan was awarded the Abel Prize for his fundamental contributions to algebraic analysis and representation theory.

• He is the first Japanese person to be awarded the most prestigious prize in mathematics.

• He developed algebraic tools to solve difficult problems such as differential equations.

• He is known for building bridges between distant branches of mathematics.

• Masaki Kashiwara has also collaborated with Frenchman Pierre Schapira in the field of so-called microlocal analysis.