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Two of the latest 2026 fields medallists are coming to Bilbao in September



The Fields Medal is one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics, presented every four years by the International Mathematical Union to mathematicians under the age of 40 for their most influential contributions. Hong Wang (Courant Institute, New York University, IHES), along with her colleague Joshua Zahl, solved the Kakeya conjecture in three dimensions—a question that had remained open since 1917. Yu Deng (University of Chicago) bridged the gap between the worlds of particles and fluids, making key contributions to o