FIELDS MEDAL WIN: WANG HONG, DENG YU ARE FIRST CHINESE NATIONALS TO SCORE TOP MATHS HONOUR
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For the first time, China has produced Fields Medal winners educated on its own soil – and two at once. Chinese mathematicians Wang Hong and Deng Yu took the honour, alongside John Pardon and Jacob Tsimerman.
According to News - South China Morning Post, For the first time, China has produced Fields Medal winners educated on its own soil – and two at once.
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- News - South China Morning Post: For the first time, China has produced Fields Medal winners educated on its own soil – and two at once.
- News - South China Morning Post: Chinese mathematicians Wang Hong and Deng Yu took the honour, alongside John Pardon and Jacob Tsimerman.
- News - South China Morning Post: The Fields Medal is the top honour for young mathematicians under 40 years of age.
- News - South China Morning Post: The medals, along with a modest cash prize, were given out on Thursday at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Philadelphia.
- News - South China Morning Post: The prestigious medal, often called the “Nobel Prize of...
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