The Fields Medal is an award presented every four years to mathematicians under the age of 40 for their outstanding discoveries. The International Mathematical Union announced Thursday (July 23) that Wang, a professor at New York University, is among the four recipients of the 2026 medal for her work on a decades-old conjecture about how needles move in 3D spaces. .
Wang joins an exceptionally small group of women to receive the Fields Medal. Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani was the first, in 2014, followed by Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska in 2022. No woman received the award at all in the nearly 80 years before Mirzakhani's win.
The four 2026 Fields Medal honorees. From left to right: Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Tsimerman, and Hong Wang. (Image credit: ERIN BLEWETT via Getty Images)Related stories
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The proof wasn't a triumphant moment for Wang, at least not right away. She and Zahl spent months checking their 127-page proof before making it public — and even then, Wang worried that their argument might be unclear. The paper nonetheless earned comparisons to a "once-in-a-century" result and set off a string of honors culminating in the Fields Medal, according to Quanta Magazine.
The 2026 Fields Medals were presented during the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia. The first Fields Medal was awarded in 1936. So far, 65 men have received the award.
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