TNPSC Thervupettagam
July 11 , 2022 899 days 924 0
  • Four mathematicians have been awarded the prestigious Fields Medals.
  • It is dubbed as the Nobel prize in maths.
  • It is awarded by the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
  • It is an international non-governmental and non-profit scientific organisation.
  • It is awarded to mathematicians under 40.
  • The four awardees of the prize include
    • France’s Hugo Duminil-Copin - Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
    • US-based June Huh – Princeton University
    • Britain’s James Maynard – University of Oxford
    • Ukraine’s Maryna Viazovska – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
  • Ukraine’s Maryna is only the second woman to receive the award.
  • The other female laureate was Iran’s Maryam Mirzakhani in 2014.

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