Mathematicians who helped unify laws of physics and cracked decades-old problems in geometry are among this year's recipients of the Fields medal
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Fields medal 2026: Work on unifying laws of physics wins maths prize
Mathematicians who helped unify laws of physics and cracked decades-old problems in geometry are among this year's recipients of the Fields medal
By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
23 July 2026
The 2026 Fields Medals recognize breakthroughs in the math of messy fluids, tangled knots, spinning pencils, and more
Two of the four are the first Chinese-born winners of the prize since 1986.
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Four mathematicians received the Fields Medal on July 23, two of them raised in China, a first in the prize's history.
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