Question

    Who was awarded the 2024 Abel Prize, often dubbed as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics?

    A Avi Wigderson Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Luis A. Caffarelli Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Robert Lucas Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Michel Talagrand Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Michel Talagrand has won the 2024 Abel prize for his work researching probability theory and the extremes of randomness. The Abel Prize is awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. It is named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829) and directly modeled after the Nobel Prizes.

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