Two Chinese mathematicians have made history by becoming the first from their country to receive the prestigious Fields Medal, the world’s highest honour in mathematics.
Hong Wang and Yu Deng shared the award with American mathematician John Pardon and Canadian mathematician Jacob Tsimerman. Each recipient received a prize of 15,000 Canadian dollars.
The recognition comes after Wang and Deng solved mathematical problems that had remained unsolved for more than a century. Wang, 35, also became only the third woman to win the Fields Medal since the prize was established.
The announcement sparked widespread celebration across China. Millions of users on platforms such as Weibo and Rednote praised the achievement. Further describing it as a proud moment for the nation.
Wang earned the award for solving the famous Kakeya conjecture with colleague Josh Zahl. The problem, first proposed by Japanese mathematician Soichi Kakeya in 1917, examines the smallest possible space needed to rotate an object completely.
Deng, 37, was recognised for solving part of Hilbert’s Sixth Problem. His work explains how the behaviour of gases can be predicted from the movement of individual particles.
Awarded every four years to mathematicians under 40, the Fields Medal is widely regarded as the mathematics equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
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