Akshay Venkatesh has won a 2018 Fields Medal making him only the second Australian to do so. The first was Terence Tao in 2006.
Here are some articles on it:
SMH:
https://www.smh.com.au/national/aus...ins-nobel-prize-of-maths-20180801-p4zuuy.html
The Australian:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ne...e/news-story/090e0a9bf2fd26e682bc0b72dfad3614
Quanta magazine (more detailed):
https://www.quantamagazine.org/fields-medalist-akshay-venkatesh-bridges-math-and-time-20180801/
Here are some articles on it:
SMH:
https://www.smh.com.au/national/aus...ins-nobel-prize-of-maths-20180801-p4zuuy.html
The Australian:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ne...e/news-story/090e0a9bf2fd26e682bc0b72dfad3614
Quanta magazine (more detailed):
https://www.quantamagazine.org/fields-medalist-akshay-venkatesh-bridges-math-and-time-20180801/
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