The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2023 to Luis A. Caffarelli of the University of Texas at Austin, USA for his seminal contributions to regularity theory for nonlinear partial differential equations including free-boundary problems and the Monge–Ampère equation. 

The Abel Prize will be presented to Luis A. Caffarelli at the award ceremony in Oslo on 23 May.

About Abel Prize

• The Abel Prize is funded by the Norwegian government and amounts to NOK 7.5 million
• The prize is awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and presented by His Majesty King Harald
• The choice of the Abel laureate is based on the recommendation by the Abel Committee, which is composed of five internationally recognised mathematicians