The world’s most prestigious maths medal , the Fields Medal, was stolen from a British refugee professor just half an hour after he was awarded the prize here. Caucher Birkar, 40, was one of the four joint winners of the medal — regarded as the Nobel Prize of mathematics —[Read More…]
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Indian-Australian wins Nobel Fields Medal in mathematics
An Indian-born, Australian-raised mathematics genius Akshay Venkatesh is among the four recipients of this year’s Fields Medal. He received it for his profound contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics. Delhi-born Venkatesh, 36, was the youngest ever student to attend the University of Western Australia at the[Read More…]