A Canadian mathematician has been awarded the Abel Prize — often referred to as the Nobel prize of mathematics, for a theory 50 years in the making. Robert Langlands, 81, who was born in New Westminster, B.C., was awarded the prize for developing what the Abel Prize citation describes as a "grand unified theory of mathematics." The Abel Prize was created by the government of Norway in 2003, and comes with a cash prize of more than $1 million. Designed 'visionary' programLanglands developed the Langlands program in 1967 when he was a 30-year-old associate professor at Princeton University. Langlands will receive the Abel Prize from King Harald V of Norway at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway on May 22.

Source: CBC News March 22, 2018 05:27 UTC