Chinese mathematicians Deng Yu and Wang Hong were awarded the Fields Medals at the opening ceremony of the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians held in Philadelphia, United States, on July 23, marking the first time Chinese mathematicians have won the prestigious honor.
Deng Yu, 37, is a mathematician from Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. He currently holds a professorship in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Chicago.
He was awarded the Medal for his work in partial differential equations, including the rigorous derivation of the Boltzmann equation from hard-sphere dynamics for rarefied gases, the derivation of wave kinetic equations from nonlinear dispersive systems, and probabilistic approaches to nonlinear Schrödinger dynamics.
The Fields Medal is a top international mathematics prize awarded every four years to two to four young researchers in recognition of their outstanding mathematical achievements in existing work and their promise of future achievement.
Source: Xinhua & South
