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Hugo Duminil-Copin of the University of Geneva and the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) solved longstanding problems in the probabilistic theory of phase transitions in statistical physics.
This video was presented during the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Helsinki on July 5, 2022, organized by the International Mathematical Union.
Read about Duminil-Copin’s work in detail:
For His Sporting Approach to Math, a Fields Medal, Quanta Magazine
Mathematicians Prove Symmetry of Phase Transition, Quanta Magazine
The 2022 Fields Medal winners are:
