The four winners of the 2026 Fields Medal, regarded as the equal of the Nobel Prize for mathematics, have been named. The medals are awarded to scholars younger than 40.

Ukrainian professor Maryna Viazovska received top mathematics prize Fields Medal alongside three others – Copyright AFP Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS Ukraine’s Maryna ...

But from the perspective of research mathematicians, and especially young people who are pursuing a Ph.D. in mathematics, it’s a bit of a turbulent time. The skills that we’ve acquired and learned to ...

This month, the mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck became the first woman to win one of the field’s most prestigious awards, the Abel Prize, which is awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ...

Ukraine's Maryna Viazovska paid tribute to those suffering in her war-torn country on Tuesday when she became the second woman to be awarded the Fields Medal, known as the Nobel prize for mathematics.

PHILADELPHIA—Math’s most prestigious prizes were announced today at the International Congress of Mathematicians. Following a lively brass-band performance by the West Philadelphia Orchestra in a ...