Delbert Ray Fulkerson Prize
The Fulkerson Prize is awarded for outstanding papers in the area of discrete mathematics.
Prize Details
This award is sponsored jointly by the Mathematical Optimization Society (formerly the Mathematical Programming Society) and the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Up to three awards of US$1500 are presented at each (triennial) International Symposium of the MPS.
Next Prize
August 2015
Contact the AMS Secretary for questions regarding the nomination procedure.
Most Recent Prize: 2012
The 2012 Fulkerson Prize was awarded to:
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Sanjeev Arora, Satish Rao, and Umesh Vazirani for improving the approximation ratio for graph separators and related problems from
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Anders Johansson, Jeff Kahn, and Van H. Vu for determining the threshold of edge density above which a random graph can be covered by disjoint copies of a given smaller graph.
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László Lovász and Balázs Szegedy for characterizing subgraph multiplicity in sequences of dense graphs.
About this Prize
Originally, the prizes were paid out of a memorial fund administered by the AMS that was established by friends of the late Delbert Ray Fulkerson (1924-1976) to encourage mathematical excellence in the fields of research exemplified by his work. The prizes are now funded by an endowment administered by the Mathematical Optimization Society.
Previous Prizes
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