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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, [[muslim]] 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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Revision as of 18:28, August 18, 2014
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, muslim woman)[1] was awarded the prize, every recipient of the Fields Medal had been male.