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Fields Medal Recipient June Huh Says Joint Collaboration Key in Tackling Modern Math Conundrums

SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – June Huh, the Korean American mathematician who won this year’s prestigious Fields Medal, said Wednesday the ability to work together as a team in large projects has become important in the field of modern advanced mathematics, adding that such a process has an “addictive nature that is hard to [...]

June Huh Becomes 1st Scholar of Korean Descent to Win Fields Medal

HELSINKI, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — June Huh, a Korean American mathematician and professor at Princeton University, has been named a recipient of this year’s Fields Medal, a prestigious international prize awarded to mathematicians under 40 for achievements in the field of mathematics. The 39-year-old professor, who also serves as a distinguished professor of mathematics [...]