When Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska received a Fields Medal—widely regarded as the Nobel Prize for mathematics—in July 2022, it was big news. Not only was she the second woman to accept the ...

The International Mathematics Union named Professor Andrei Okounkov and Terence Tao GS '96 among the four Fields Medal winners announced this morning. The award, often described as mathematics' ...

BERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska was named Tuesday as one of four recipients of the prestigious Fields Medal, which is often described as the Nobel Prize in mathematics. The ...

Six mathematicians from the United States, Europe and Canada have emerged as leading contenders for the 2026 Fields Medal, widely regarded as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics." 1. Hong Wang Wang, 35, ...