University of Toronto mathematician Jacob Tsimerman wins Fields Medal
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Jacob Tsimerman, a University of Toronto professor, won the 2026 Fields Medal, considered the 'Nobel Prize of mathematics.' He is the first mathematician based at a Canadian institution to win the award and the second Canadian overall. Tsimerman was recognized for his work in recasting o-minimality as a fundamental method and proving central conjectures including Griffiths' conjecture and the Andre-Oort conjecture for Siegel modular varieties.
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