
Math professors Gilbert Strang (left) and David Vogan (right) celebrate with Institute Professor of Mathematics Isadore Singer (center), who recently shared the Abel Prize for the discovery and proof of a theorem that is one of the landmarks of 20th century math. Singer will share the $875,000 prize with his collaborator, Sir Michael Francis Atiyah of the University of Edinburgh. Photo / Donna Coveney
A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on April 7, 2004.