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Fields and Abacus Medals 2026
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2026 Fields and Abacus Medals
Living Fully in the Math World Means Threading the Needle
By
Natalie Wolchover
Focus, commitment, and insight resulted in a “once in a century” proof. Hong Wang is now the third woman to win a Fields Medal.
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2026 Fields and Abacus Medals
Sometimes Being First Means Seeing the End Before Anyone Else
By
Kevin Hartnett
Determination and effort propelled Jacob Tsimerman to the top of the math world. But now that he’s won a Fields Medal, he worries that the field is in jeopardy.
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2026 Fields and Abacus Medals
The Quietest Mathematician Was Always Worth Listening To
By
Konstantin Kakaes
John Pardon sees connections between different areas of math that others don’t. For that, he’s now been awarded a Fields Medal.
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2026 Fields and Abacus Medals
Amid Life’s Chaos, a Meticulous Mathematician Finds Stability
By
Jordana Cepelewicz
Before he won a Fields Medal for his pioneering work balancing randomness and order, Yu Deng first had to achieve equilibrium in his own life.
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2026 Fields and Abacus Medals
A Master of the Traveling Salesperson Problem Finds His Own Path
By
Ben Brubaker
Shayan Oveis Gharan has won the Abacus Medal for applying tools from across mathematics to computer science.
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