Mathematician who tamed randomness wins Abel Prize
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00839-6
#MichelTalagrand laid mathematical groundwork that has allowed others to tackle problems involving random processes.
#AbelPrize #mathematics @mathematics@lemmy.ml @mathematics@a.gup.pe
3 Comments
davel@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
I heard he had this epiphany on a drunken walk
ulaulaman@mastodon.social · 1 pts · 2y
@davel As a lot of scientists! For example, Niels Bohr has a beer's pipeline in his home gifted him by Carlsberg!
davel@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
It seems that’s a tall tale with a kernel of truth.