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Winning at maths News

by David Shaw, 23 August 2018 | 0 comments

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Time to celebrate! For only the second time ever, an Australian has won the most famous prize in mathematics – the Fields Medal. Let’s take a moment to celebrate the achievements of the winner, Akshay Venkatesh.

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Mathematical hunches inspire decades of research News

by David Shaw, 12 April 2018 | 0 comments

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It’s that time of year again! The winner of the Abel prize, mathematics’ answer to the Nobel, has been announced. This year’s winner is Robert Langlands, a mathematician more famous for asking questions than answering them.

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