France 24: Fields Medal laureate Hugo Duminil-Copin on the creativity and sensibility of maths
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Hugo Duminil-Copin
Hugo Duminil-Copin is a French mathematician specializing in probability theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2022.
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Born 26 August 1985 · Q15461028
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2022· 6 entries
News24: SATURDAY PROFILE | Prof Hugo Duminil-Copin: From failing maths at school to becoming maths A-lister
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (2022).
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Won Fields medal (2022).
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동아사이언스: [2022 Fields Medal Candidate] (4) Hugo Duminil-Copin, the Mozart of Probability Theory
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For "solving longstanding problems in the probabilistic theory of phase transitions in statistical physics, especially in dimensions three and four"
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2020· 1 entry
And his collaborators proved that rotational invariance exists at the boundary between phases in many physical systems
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2019· 1 entry
Along with Vincent Tassion and Aran Raoufi, he published research on the size of connected components in the lattice when the system is just below and above the critical point
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2018· 1 entry
동아사이언스: [2018 Fields Medal] Hugo Duminil-Copin, the Mathematician Who Solves Physics Problems
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded Jacques Herbrand Prize (2017).
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Awarded New Horizons in Mathematics Prize (2017).
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded EMS Prize (2016).
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Became permanent professor at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Cours Peccot (2014).
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2013· 2 entries
Awarded Oberwolfach Prize (2013).
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After his postdoctorate, Duminil-Copin was appointed assistant professor, then full professor in 2014 at the University of Geneva
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Rollo Davidson Prize (2012).
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The same year in which Duminil-Copil was awarded his PhD at the age of 27
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2011· 2 entries
Studied at University of Geneva, doctorate (2011).
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Was able to produce a formula for a determining the critical point for many two-dimensional dependent percolation models
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2008· 1 entry
Moved to the University of Geneva to write a PhD thesis under Stanislav Smirnov
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2003· 1 entry
And was admitted at the École Normale Supérieure in 2005 and the University Paris-Sud
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1985· 1 entry
Born 1985-08-26.
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