Wang Hong and Deng Yu win Fields Medal, first Chinese nationals to achieve honor

Mathematicians Wang Hong and Deng Yu have become the first Chinese nationals to win the prestigious Fields Medal. The duo, who both studied at Peking University, were honored at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia. This achievement makes China the fifth country to have multiple Fields Medal winners from a single ceremony and the first Asian nation to do so. AI

RANK_REASON Award of a prestigious academic honor (Fields Medal) in mathematics. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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• Deng Yu
• Fields medal
• France
• Great Britain
• International Congress of Mathematicians
• Jacob Tsimerman
• John Pardon
• Peking University
• Philadelphia
• Russia
• Shing-Tung Yau
• Terence Tao
• United States
• Wang Hong

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