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Fields Medal 2026
August 1 , 2026
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- The Fields Medal 2026, the highest honour in mathematics, was announced at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2026 in Philadelphia, USA.
- The medal was awarded to Yu Deng (China), John Pardon (USA), Hong Wang (China), and Jacob Tsimerman (Canada) for major contributions to modern mathematics.
- Awarded every four years by the International Mathematical Union (IMU), it recognises mathematicians below 40 years of age.
- Hong Wang became the third woman to receive the Fields Medal after Maryam Mirzakhani (2014) and Maryna Viazovska (2022).
- The Fields Medal is popularly known as the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics” and carries a prize of 15,000 Canadian Dollars (CAD).
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