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June Huh
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Maryna Viazovska
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James Maynard
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Maryna Viazovska, a math professor from Ukraine, was awarded the Fields Medal in 2022, the highest honour in mathematics. As a result of Moscow’s war, the Fields Medal celebration was relocated from Saint Petersburg to Helsinki, where Viazovska and three other mathematicians were awarded the medal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Fields Medal has had two female recipients, Maryam Mirzakhani from Iran in 2014, and Maryna Viazovska from Ukraine in 2022.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 2022, Professor Barry Simon, from the California Institute of Technology, was ranked the world’s best mathematician.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hugo Duminil-Copin For solving longstanding problems in the probabilistic theory of phase transitions in statistical physics, especially in dimensions three and four.