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Ukrainian professor wins prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics
« on: July 07, 2022, 06:13:57 pm »
Ukrainian professor wins prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics

Emily McGarvey  |  2 days ago



Ukrainian mathematician, Maryna Viazovska, has become only the second woman to receive the prestigious Fields Medal.

Often regarded as the Nobel Prize for mathematics, she won for her work on a 400-year-old puzzle about sphere packing.

The 37-year-old professor received the award alongside three other winners at a ceremony in Helsinki.

"I feel sad that I'm only the second woman," she said.

"But why is that? I don't know. I hope it will change in the future."

The other Fields medal winners were France's Hugo Duminil-Copin of the University of Geneva, Britain's James Maynard of Oxford University, and June Huh of Princeton in the United States.

The medal is awarded every four years to outstanding mathematicians under the age of 40.

After winning the award, Professor Viazovsk paid tribute to those suffering in her war-torn country, saying "my life changed forever" when Russia invaded Ukraine in February.  .  .

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-62051150
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Re: Ukrainian professor wins prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2022, 06:21:42 pm »
What paper or theory did she win the Fields for?  This is an intensely great honor.
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