Chinese woman achieves historic first with ‘Nobel of mathematics’ win

Hong Wang became the first Chinese woman and only the third woman ever to receive the award.

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New York University mathematician Hong Wang became the first Chinese woman and only the third woman in history to receive the Fields Medal. She was one of four mathematicians honored by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) in Philadelphia on Thursday, alongside University of Chicago professor Yu Deng, British…