
Hong Wang wins the 2026 Fields Medal, breaking the drought for women in math’s top prize
The I.M.U. names four winners, including Wang at NYU, for solving the Kakeya needle conjecture.
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The I.M.U. names four winners, including Wang at NYU, for solving the Kakeya needle conjecture.

Four winners under 40 use geometry, topology, and Boltzmann-era math to resolve decades-old puzzles.