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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who won the 2016 SASTRA-Ramanujan award for mathematics for their ‘revolutionary’ collaborative work on short intervals in number theory.
A
Jacob Tsimerman
B
James Maynard
C
Peter Scholze
D
Kaisa Matomaki and Maksym Radziwill
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The 2016 SASTRA-Ramanujan award for mathematics was presented to Maksym Radziwill of McGill University, Canada, at the inauguration of the International Conference on Number Theory at SASTRA University at Kumbakonam.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal, named after the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, is awarded by the Indian National Science Academy for work in the mathematical sciences. Past recipients include: 1962 S. Chandrasekhar.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yunqing Tang will receive the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022. Tang is an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. The award is presented annually to a person aged 32 and below for outstanding contributions in the field of mathematics, influenced by Srinivasa Ramanujan in a broad way.

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