German Mathematician Wins Abel Prize for Number Theory Work
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/science/abel-prize-mathematics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V1A.kzsZ.GhrAK_GN8ngd&smid=url-share
Gerd Faltings proved a conjecture that had been unsolved for six decades, using connections between numbers and geometry.
Thomas Gerdes