Question

In 2018, New Delhi born Akshay Venkatesh won which of these awards, named in honour of a Canadian mathematician?
Fields Medal
Henri Poincare prize
IMU Gauss Prize
IMU Chern Medal award

Answer 1

In 2018, New Delhi born Akshay Venkatesh won ''Fields Medal''.

• Akshay Venkatesh was born on 21st  November 1981 in  New Delhi, India.

• He is a formal mathematician and professor in Australia since August 2018 at the Institute for Advanced Study.

• At the age of 12, he won the International Physics Olympiad and International Mathematical Olympiad.

• In 2018, he won the Fields Medal for his synthesis of analytic number theory, representation theory, topology, and homogeneous dynamics.

Answer 2

Option A) Field Medal

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