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The main rules governing the award of the prize are as follows: <ol><li 1=""> Prizes will be awarded for published work of particular merit in pure mathematics, applied mathematics, mathematical statistics or mathematical physics. <br/> </li><li 2="">Normally one or more prizes of at least 拢<span class="non-italic">50</span> will be awarded at four-yearly intervals, but an award may be withheld if no eligible work of sufficient merit has been published. <br/> </li><li 3="">A candidate for a prize <br/> <ol type="i"><li i="">must be <span class="non-italic">35</span> years of age or less at the time of the award, <br/> </li><li ii="">must either be a graduate of a Scottish University and/or have been engaged in postgraduate research in Scotland for at least three years. </li></ol> </li><li 4="">No prizewinner shall be eligible thereafter. </li></ol> <br/> The winners are listed below: <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">1961</span></strong> A G Mackie and A H Wallace <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">1965</span></strong> J B McLeod <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">1970</span></strong> D J S Robinson <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">1973</span></strong> A M Davie <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">1977</span></strong> <a class="mlink" data-popup="../../Biographies/Brown_Gavin/popup/" href="../../Biographies/Brown_Gavin/">G Brown</a> and C A Stuart <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">1981</span></strong> J M Ball <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">1985</span></strong> J Howie <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">1989</span></strong> A A Lacey and M R枚ckner <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">1993</span></strong> M A Berger and A W Reid <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">1997</span></strong> A D Rendall <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">2001</span></strong> M L McQuillan and J A Sherratt <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">2005</span></strong> T Bridgeland <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">2009</span></strong> A Smoktunowicz <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">2013</span></strong> S White <br/> <br/> <strong><span class="non-italic">2016</span></strong> A Bayer</span></div> </div> </div>   </div>  </main>  <footer class="site-footer mt-3 pb-3 pt-3 pt-md-0"> <div class="row"> <div class="cr-footer col-md-4"> DJF/JOC/EFR<br /> <a href="../../Miscellaneous/copyright/" >Copyright information</a ><br /> <a href="../../Miscellaneous/accessibility/" >Accessibility statement</a > </div> <div class="links-footer col-md-6"> <a href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/mathematics-statistics/" target="_blank" >School of Mathematics and Statistics</a > <br /> <a href="http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/" target="_blank" >University of St Andrews, Scotland</a > </div> <div class="col-md-2"> <img src="../../static/img/st-andrews-logo.png?h=e46f195e" alt="University of St. Andrews logo" /> </div> </div> <hr /> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> If you have comments, or spot errors, we are always pleased to <a href="../../Miscellaneous/contact_us/">hear from you</a>. </div> </div> </footer>  </div> <script src="../../static/js/popper.min.js?h=313789ca"></script> <script src="../../static/js/tippy-bundle.iife.min.js?h=99c14441"></script> <script src="../../static/js/site-popups.js?h=7ad47578"></script> <script src="../../static/js/foldup.js?h=0b5aeaab"></script> <script src="../../static/js/extras-popup.js?h=d0cee101"></script> <script src="../../static/js/imageMapResizer.min.js?h=319b7d80"></script> <script> imageMapResize(); // https://blog.shhdharmen.me/toggle-light-and-dark-themes-in-bootstrap const LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY = 'toggle-bootstrap-theme'; const LOCAL_META_DATA = JSON.parse( localStorage.getItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY) ); const DARK_THEME_PATH = 'https://bootswatch.com/5/flatly/bootstrap.min.css'; const DARK_STYLE_LINK = document.getElementById('new-theme-style'); let isDark = LOCAL_META_DATA && LOCAL_META_DATA.isDark; // check if user has already selected dark theme earlier if (isDark) { enableDarkTheme(); } else { disableDarkTheme(); } /** * Apart from toggling themes, this will also store user's theme preference in local storage. * So when user visits next time, we can load the same theme. * */ function toggleTheme() { isDark = !isDark; if (isDark) { enableDarkTheme(); } else { disableDarkTheme(); } const META = { isDark }; localStorage.setItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(META)); } function enableDarkTheme() { DARK_STYLE_LINK.setAttribute('href', DARK_THEME_PATH); } function disableDarkTheme() { DARK_STYLE_LINK.setAttribute('href', ''); } </script> </body> </html>

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