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Shing-Tung Yau on Wang Hong and Deng Yu's Fields Medals: Hoping Homegrown Scholars Will Lead the World
Renowned mathematician Shing-Tung Yau reflects on Wang Hong and Deng Yu winning the 2026 Fields Medals, praising the originality of their breakthroughs and voicing his hope that scholars cultivated in China will one day lead the world in mathematics.
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Chinese Mathematicians Wang Hong and Deng Yu Both Win Fields Medal, Both Peking University Alumni
Peking University alumni Wang Hong and Deng Yu both won the 2026 Fields Medal at the ICM in Philadelphia — the first time Chinese mathematicians have taken two medals in a single edition of the award, often called the Nobel Prize of mathematics.