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    Four mathematicians have been awarded the prestigious Fields Medals including Ukraine's Maryna Viazovska at a ceremony in Helsinki, Finland . This was informed by the International Mathematical Union jury on July 5, 2022 . Fields Medal 2022 Winners 1 . Hugo Duminil - Copin ( France )- Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques 2 . June Huh ( USA ) - Princeton University 3 . James Maynard ( Britain ) - University of Oxford 4 . Maryna Viazovska ( Ukraine ) - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Maryna Viazovska learned she had won a Fields Medal in late February, just a week after Russian tanks and war planes began their assault on Ukraine and Kyiv, her hometown . She has become the second woman in history to win the coveted prize . What is Fields Medal? • Fields medal is the highest honor for a mathematician . • The medal is awarded every four years on the occasion of the International Congress of Mathematicians . • The Fields Medal is awarded to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement . • The Fields medal award comprises a gold medal ( 14 karat gold ) bearing the profile of Archimedes and a cash amount . • The Fields medal and cash prizes are funded by a trust established by J . C . Fields at the University of Toronto . • The Fields Medals were first awarded in 1936 in Oslo, Norway . The Fields medals were conceieved by John Charles Fields, a Canadian mathematician .

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