Gerd Faltings, mathematician who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize at age 71

This year’s Abel Prize, an annual lifetime achievement award for mathematics that is bestowed by the Norwegian Academy of ...
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Gerd Faltings wins the 2026 Abel Prize for solving some of mathematics’ deepest riddles

Mathematics often feels like a collection of isolated islands. Each one operates with its own rules, and building bridges ...
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Mathematician wins 2026 Abel prize for solving 60-year-old mystery

Gerd Faltings shocked mathematicians around the world for his 1983 proof of the Mordell conjecture, which brought together ...
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Math's "Bunkbed Conjecture" Has Been Proven False After 40 Years

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
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10 Hard Math Problems That Even the Smartest People in the World Can’t Crack

For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...