2026 Fields Medals

The International Mathematical Union (IMU) has announced the recipients of the 2026 Fields Medals. This prestigious honor is designed to celebrate exceptional mathematical contributions based on previous achievements and the potential for future breakthroughs.

"The Fields Medal is awarded to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement."

Financial Sponsorship

The funding for these medals and their accompanying monetary prizes is provided via a trust created by J.C. Fields at the University of Toronto. For the 2026 cycle, these funds have been further augmented by the generous contributions of the Fields Institute.

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🏆 The 2026 Laureates

Detailed Citations

• Yu Deng

  • Recognized for his advancements in $\text{PDEs}$, specifically the rigorous derivation of the $\text{Boltzmann equation}$ from hard-sphere dynamics in rarefied gases.
  • His work also includes deriving wave kinetic equations from nonlinear dispersive systems and utilizing probabilistic methods for $\text{nonlinear Schrödinger dynamics}$.
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• John Pardon

  • Honored for his breakthroughs in symplectic geometry, including innovative methods for virtual fundamental cycles and the study of Fukaya categories for specific manifolds.
  • Contributed to the counting of holomorphic curves and expanded his impact into knot theory and group actions on 3-manifolds.
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• Jacob Tsimerman

  • Cited for transforming $\text{o-minimality}$ into a core tool for complex algebraic and arithmetic geometry.
  • Played a pivotal role in proving the $\text{Andre-Oort conjecture}$ for Siegel modular varieties and $\text{Griffiths' conjecture}$ regarding the algebraicity of period map images.
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• Hong Wang

  • Awarded for her research in geometric measure theory and harmonic analysis.
  • Applied decoupling and multiscale techniques to the local smoothing conjecture for the planar wave equation.
  • Achieved significant progress on the $\text{Kakeya problem}$ in $\mathbb{R}^3$, as well as Furstenberg sets, Falconer distance sets, and Fourier restriction.
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Administrative Metadata

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Other IMU Recognitions

Pending Review $\rightarrow$ Confirmed Awards:

• Abacus Medal 2026
• Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize 2026
• Chern Medal Award 2026
• Leelavati Prize 2026