Poncelet Prize

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The Poncelet Prize (French: Prix Poncelet) is awarded by the French Academy of Sciences. The prize was established in 1868 by the widow of General Jean-Victor Poncelet for the advancement of the sciences.[1] It was in the amount of 2,000 francs (as of 1868), mostly for the work in applied mathematics. The precise wording of the announcement by the Academy varied from year to year and required the work be "in mechanics", or "for work contributing to the progress of pure or applied mathematics", or simply "in applied mathematics", and sometimes included condition that the work must be "done during the ten years preceding the award."

Poncelet Prize recipients

The following is an incomplete list of recipients, with a brief citation as in the Nature announcement (if available).

19th century[2]

20th century

Notes

  1. Jeremy Gray, "A History of Prizes in Mathematics", Clay Mathematics Institute and American Mathematical Society, 2006.
  2. "Prix". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. Tomes XCII à CXXI, 3 Janvier 1881 à 30 Décembre 1895. Paris: Gauthier-Villars. 1900. p. 1570. 

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