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The '''Fields Medal''', awarded every four years at the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematics, is considered the highest honor a [[Mathematics|mathematician]] can receive. At each Congress, 2-4 medals are awarded, each to a mathematician under the age of 40. Recent winners include [[Grigori Perelman]] and [[Terence Tao]]. | The '''Fields Medal''', awarded every four years at the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematics, is considered the highest honor a [[Mathematics|mathematician]] can receive. At each Congress, 2-4 medals are awarded, each to a mathematician under the age of 40. Recent winners include [[Grigori Perelman]] and [[Terence Tao]]. | ||
| − | + | Until Maryam Mirzakhani (an Iranian woman)<ref>http://www.mathunion.org/general/prizes/2014/prize-citations/</ref> was awarded the prize, every recipient of the Fields Medal had been male. | |
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| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal List of winners] |
*[http://www.icm2006.org International Congress of Mathematics Conference website] | *[http://www.icm2006.org International Congress of Mathematics Conference website] | ||
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[[Category:Mathematics]] | [[Category:Mathematics]] | ||
[[Category:Awards]] | [[Category:Awards]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:32, August 2, 2018
The Fields Medal, awarded every four years at the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematics, is considered the highest honor a mathematician can receive. At each Congress, 2-4 medals are awarded, each to a mathematician under the age of 40. Recent winners include Grigori Perelman and Terence Tao.
Until Maryam Mirzakhani (an Iranian woman)[1] was awarded the prize, every recipient of the Fields Medal had been male.