Topic: Mathematics
His work is incomprehensible to most people, but Ngo Bau Chau has been feted like a champion athlete or a pop star since last month when he won the Fields Medal, the mathematics version of the Nobel Prize. Returning to Hanoi, Chau ...
Vietnamese-born mathematician Ngo Bao Chau on Thursday won the maths world's version of a Nobel Prize, the Fields Medal, cementing a journey that has taken him from war-torn Hanoi to the pages of Time magazine. Ngo, 38, was awarded his medal in ...
Israeli mathematician awarded prestigious Fields Medal with 3 others in India ceremonyA world mathematics body says it has awarded the prestigious Fields Medal to Elon Lindenstrauss of Hebrew University of Jerusalem and three others. They received the award Thursday at the International ...
Five-year-old Singaporean Timothy Lee has yet to enter primary school, but even before his formal schooling begins he is already attending classes six days a week. From Monday to Friday he goes to a normal kindergarten, but on Saturdays he takes special ...
A pair of Japanese and US computer whizzes claim to have calculated pi to five trillion decimal places -- a number which if verified eclipses the previous record set by a French software engineer. "We believe our achievement sets a new record," ...
Russian mathematician says his final no to $1 million prizeA Russian mathematician is rejecting a $1 million prize for solving one of the most challenging problems because he considers it unfair. Grigory Perelman said Thursday according to the Interfax news agency that ...
American John Tate accepts Norway's Abel mathematics prize for life's work on number theoryAmerican John Tate has accepted Norway's 6 million kroner ($900,000) Abel Prize for mathematics for his role as "a prime architect" of number theory. Tate received the award from ...
Martin Gardner, mathematics and science writer, dies at 95 in OklahomaProlific mathematics and science writer Martin Gardner, known for popularizing recreational mathematics and debunking paranormal claims, has died. James Gardner said his father died unexpectedly Saturday at Norman Regional Hospital. He was ...
Does this add up? Russian mathematician ponders saying 'nyet' to $1 million prizeWho doesn't want to be a millionaire? Maybe a 43-year-old unemployed bachelor who lives with his elderly mother in Russia — and who won $1 million for solving a problem ...
'Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes' wins UK prize for year's oddest book titleA book charting the frontier between handicrafts and geometry on Friday won Britain's quirkiest literary award, the Diagram Prize for year's oddest book title. "Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes" by ...
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