Fields and Abacus Medals 2026
Fields and Abacus Medals 2026
Every four years, the math world’s preeminent awards are given to the finest minds of a generation. The young winners — all under 40 on the first day of the year — have reshaped mathematics and theoretical computer science. Here are their stories.
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Living Fully in the Math World Means Threading the Needle
Focus, commitment, and insight resulted in a “once in a century” proof. Hong Wang is now the third woman to win a Fields Medal.
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Sometimes Being First Means Seeing the End Before Anyone Else
Determination and effort propelled Jacob Tsimerman to the top of the math world. But now that he’s won a Fields Medal, he worries that the field is in jeopardy.
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The Quietest Mathematician Was Always Worth Listening To
John Pardon sees connections between different areas of math that others don’t. For that, he’s now been awarded a Fields Medal.
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Amid Life’s Chaos, a Meticulous Mathematician Finds Stability
Before he won a Fields Medal for his pioneering work balancing randomness and order, Yu Deng first had to achieve equilibrium in his own life.
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A Master of the Traveling Salesperson Problem Finds His Own Path
By Ben Brubaker
Shayan Oveis Gharan has won the Abacus Medal for applying tools from across mathematics to computer science.
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