China celebrates its first winners of top global maths prize – here’s the problem they solved
- Two US-based Chinese mathematicians have won the Fields Medal, becoming the first representatives of their country to win the maths equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
- Hong Wang, 35, and Yu Deng, 37, were among four winners announced on Thursday of the Fields Medal, a prestigious award given every four years to the best young researchers in the field of maths.
- The two others were John Pardon from the US and Jacob Tsimerman from Canada.
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- Two US-based Chinese mathematicians have won the Fields Medal, becoming the first representatives of their country to win the maths equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
- Hong Wang, 35, and Yu Deng, 37, were among four winners announced on Thursday of the Fields Medal, a prestigious award given every four years to the best young researchers in the field of maths.
- The two others were John Pardon from the US and Jacob Tsimerman from Canada.
Sources: The Independent