Ukrainian Viazovska wins Fields Medal 2022

“Maryna Viazovska is awarded the Fields Medal 2022 for the proof that the E8 lattice provides the densest packing of identical spheres in 8 dimensions, and further contributions to related extremal problems and interpolation problems in Fourier analysis,” reads the press release of the International Mathematical Union.

The Fields Medal 2022 was also awarded to Hugo Duminil-Copin, June Huh, and James Maynard.

Maryna Viazovska became the first Ukrainian recipient of the Fields Medal.

The Fields Medal is an award given to two, three, or four mathematicians at the International Congress of Mathematicians held once every four years under the auspices of the International Mathematical Union. The Fields Medal is regarded as the most prestigious award in the field of mathematics and is often described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics. It is awarded to young mathematicians under the age of forty to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement. The cash prize is CAD 15,000. The award was founded by Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields.

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