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24th September
On this day in 2017, Maryna Viazovska was given a Clay Research Award in recognition of her groundbreaking work on sphere-packing problems in eight and twenty-four dimensions. In particular, she proved that the lattice is an optimal solution in eight dimensions.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1948.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1948.