Prior to the awards ceremony King Harald received Szemerédi at noon at the royal palace and in the evening the Norwegian government gave a banquet in his honour.

Szemerédi, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and a professor at Rutgers University in the US, said in his acceptance speech that the beauty of mathematics lies in the fact that incredible achievements are made through the efforts and co-operation of many researchers.

Professor Ragni Piene, chairman of the international Abel committee, observed that Szemerédi had revolutionised mathematics with his original and novel solutions.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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