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The International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics is an academic conference devoted to applications of group theory to physics. It was founded in 1972 by Henri Bacry and Aloysio Janner. It hosts a colloquium every two years. The ICGTMP is led by a standing committee, which helps select winners for the two major awards presented at the conference: the Wigner Medal and the Weyl Prize.

Wigner Medal[edit]

The Wigner Medal is an award designed "to recognize outstanding contributions to the understanding of physics through Group Theory".[1] The Wigner Medal is administered by The Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation, a publicly supported organization. Donations are tax-deductible as provided pursuant to the provisions of Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code, a federal code of the United States.

The award was first presented in 1978 to Eugene Wigner, and was first awarded at the Integrative Conference on Group Theory and Mathematical Physics.[2]

List of conferences[edit]

See also[edit]

  • List of physics awards
  • List of prizes named after people

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Wigner Medal Bylaws" (PDF). The Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation. Retrieved 2007-08-07. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ^ "The Wigner Medal". The Group Theory and Fundamental Physics Foundation. Retrieved 2007-08-07. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ^ Wigner Medal Homepage
  4. ^ "Professor Emeritus Alden Mead receives Wigner Medal". University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry. Retrieved 2012-07-16. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. ^ "The XXIX International Colloquium on Group-Theoretical Methods in Physics". Chern Institute of Mathematics, Nankai University. Retrieved 2012-07-16. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ^ "Wigner Medal awarded to Professor Joshua Zak". Technion – Israel Institute of Technology – Physics Department. Retrieved 2014-03-18. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

External links[edit]

  • ICGTMP Homepage
  • Wigner Medal Homepage