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Fields began planning the award in the late 1920s but, due to deteriorating health, never saw the implementation of the medal in his lifetime. He died on August 9, 1932, after a three-month illness; in his will, he left $ 47,000 for the Fields Medal fund. His plan for the Fields medal was completed
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of mathematics, although there are differences between the awards. First awarded in 1936, the medal was reintroduced in 1950 and has been awarded every four years since. It is awarded to two, three or four mathematicians under the age of 40 who have made important contributions to the field.
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from 1919 until 1925, during which time he aspired to mold the institute into a leading centre of scientific research, although with mixed success. His efforts, however, were pivotal in making
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Fields, J. C. "Direct derivation of the complementary theorem from elementary properties of the rational functions". In
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Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Mathematicians (Cambridge, 22–28 August 1912)
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Turbulent Times in Mathematics: The Life of J. C. Fields and the History of the Fields Medal
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Symbolic Finite Solutions and Solutions by Definite Integrals of the Equation dy/dx = xy
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Symbolic Finite Solutions and Solutions by Definite Integrals of the Equation dy/dx = xy
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for an annual research grant of $ 75,000 for the university and helped establish the
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Proceedings Of The International Mathematical Congress (Toronto, 11-16 August 1924)
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Atti del Congresso Internazionale dei Matematici (Bologna, 3-10 Settembre 1928)
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Fields, J. C. "A Foundation For The Theory of Ideals". In Fields, J.C. (ed.).
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Fields taught for two years at Johns Hopkins before joining the faculty of
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Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925)
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University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
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Fields returned to Canada in 1902 to lecture at the
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