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1st Female to win Fields medal

the_monkey · 2014-08-12 22:30:31

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28739373 Looks like an interesting field too !! * no pun intended

12-08-2014 10:30pm

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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28739373

Looks like an interesting field too !!

* no pun intended

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#2 13-08-2014 1:56am

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the_monkey wrote: »

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28739373

Looks like an interesting field too !!

* no pun intended

It was embarrassing that a woman had never been honoured by the award, cant really comment on her work though. The only one I'm familiar with is Bhargava and it is no surprise at all that he got it, his work with Shankar on ranks is phenomenal stuff.

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