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Fields Medal 2026 winners Hong Wang, Yu Deng, John Pardon, and Jacob Tsimerman each solved problems that had stood open for ...

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Chinese mathematicians Yu Deng and Hong Wang became the first Chinese nationals to win the Fields Medal after solving two century-old mathematical problems that had challenged researchers for decades.