Chinaβs Fields Medals triumph raises bigger math questions
When Hong Wang and Yu Deng received Fields Medals at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia on July 23, they became the first citizens of the Peopleβs Republic of China to hold mathematicsβ highest honor in its 90-year history. Wang is also only the third woman ever to receive it, after Maryam Mirzakhani and [β¦]
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