Jean-Pierre Serre, youngest-ever Fields medalist, turns 100 today
jzox · hn · 2026-09-16
French mathematician Jean-Pierre Serre turns 100. He remains the youngest-ever Fields medalist (1954) and later won the Wolf Prize (2000) and Abel Prize (2003), making him the only person to hold all three major math honors. The HN post links to his biography.
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