Poncelet Prize

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The Poncelet Prize (French Prix Poncelet) is a prize of the Académie des sciences , which was donated in 1868 by the widow of Jean-Victor Poncelet , mainly to honor achievements in applied mathematics. The original prize money from 1876 was 2000 francs. It was initially awarded annually, but only every three years in the 1960s and 1970s.

Award winners

The list is incomplete

19th century

20th and 21st centuries

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jeremy Gray A history of prizes in mathematics , in J. Carlson, A. Jaffe, A. Wiles (editors) The Millenium Prize Problems , Clay Mathematics Institute 2000
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