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An artificial intelligence model has aided in identifying a potential solution to an 87-year-old mathematical problem. This ...

Determination and effort propelled Jacob Tsimerman to the top of the math world. But now that he’s won a Fields Medal, he ...

In May 2026, OpenAI released a new math result that sent shock waves throughout the world of mathematical research. A major unsolved problem called the “unit distance conjecture” had just been ...

Shayan Oveis Gharan has won the Abacus Medal for using tools from across mathematics to boost the power of algorithms.

University of Chicago mathematics Prof. Yu Deng has received the Fields Medal for his contributions toward placing the laws ...

This year's Fields Medal honors four mathematicians in their 30s who have made their mark in geometry and physics.

Dr. Tsimerman won one of four Fields Medals, an award for top mathematicians under 40, for his work on the André-Oort ...

Jacob Tsimerman, a professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto, has won the prestigious Fields Medal.

Despite criticisms of a brain drain from China to the U.S., the awards come at a time when several high-profile Chinese scholars have returned home, some citing an increasingly hostile academic ...

The Fields Medal is considered the Nobel Prize of mathematics. This year, four researchers are being honored for solving problems that have endured for decades.