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After the death of Sir Edmund Whittaker in 1956 his son John Whittaker most generously gave on behalf of the Whittaker Family the sum of £500 to the Edinburgh Mathematical Society to establish a prize for mathematical work in memory of his father. The main rules governing the award of the prize are as follows:
The winners are listed below:
1961 A G Mackie and A H Wallace
1965 J B McLeod
1970 D J S Robinson
1973 A M Davie
1977 G Brown and C A Stuart
1981 J M Ball
1985 J Howie
1989 A A Lacey and M Röckner
1993 M A Berger and A W Reid
1997 A D Rendall
2001 M L McQuillan and J A Sherratt
2005 T Bridgeland
2009 A Smoktunowicz
2013 S White
2016 A Bayer
- Prizes will be awarded for published work of particular merit in pure mathematics, applied mathematics, mathematical statistics or mathematical physics.
- Normally one or more prizes of at least £50 will be awarded at four-yearly intervals, but an award may be withheld if no eligible work of sufficient merit has been published.
- A candidate for a prize
- must be 35 years of age or less at the time of the award,
- must either be a graduate of a Scottish University and/or have been engaged in postgraduate research in Scotland for at least three years.
- must be 35 years of age or less at the time of the award,
- No prizewinner shall be eligible thereafter.
The winners are listed below:
1961 A G Mackie and A H Wallace
1965 J B McLeod
1970 D J S Robinson
1973 A M Davie
1977 G Brown and C A Stuart
1981 J M Ball
1985 J Howie
1989 A A Lacey and M Röckner
1993 M A Berger and A W Reid
1997 A D Rendall
2001 M L McQuillan and J A Sherratt
2005 T Bridgeland
2009 A Smoktunowicz
2013 S White
2016 A Bayer