Inter-universal Geometry Center 宇宙際幾何学センター
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Awards on IUT theory

On July 7, 2023, the following announcement was made at the press conference of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.

・Establishment of the so-called IUT Innovator Prize : The IUT Innovator Prize will award one best paper every year for 10 years from 2024, containing new and significant developments in IUT theory and related fields, with the prize money from $20,000 to $100,000.

At the same time, it was also announced that Nobuo Kawakami (founder of Dwango Co., Ltd.) will establish the so-called IUT Challenger Prize as an individual.

The IUT Challenger Prize will award $1 million to the first mathematician to write a paper that shows an essential flaw in the IUT theory.