FIELDS MEDALS AWARDED MATHEMATICIANS: A good collection of seven signed 6 x 4 cards, one 4to page, some with ...

FIELDS MEDALS AWARDED MATHEMATICIANS: A good collection of seven signed 6 x 4 cards, one 4to page, some with inscriptions, by various Field Medals awarded mathematicians, comprising Alexander Grothendieck (1928-2014) Stateless for most of his life, Grothendieck is largely considered the greatest mathematician of the 20th century. 1966 Award; Alan Baker (1939-2018) English Mathematician, known for his work on effective methods in number theory. Fields medal Award in 1970; Heisuke Hironaka (1931- ) Japanese Mathematician. Signed also in Japanese. 1970 Award; David Mumford (1937- ) American Mathematician. 1974 Award. Daniel Quillen (1940-2011) American Mathematician. Best known for being the ''prime architect'' of higher algebraic K-theory. 1978 Award; Pierre René, Viscount Deligne (1944- ) Belgian Mathematician. 1978 award, and Michael Freedman (1951- ) American Mathematician. Awarded a Fields Medal in 1986 for his work on the 4-dimensional generalized Poincaré conjecture. Signed to a 4to page with the printed heading of the University of California, San Diego, Department of Mathematics. VG, 7 £250-350 The Fields Medal, widely regarded as the mathematician´s Nobel Prize, is considered one of the highest honors a mathematician can receive. The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years.