Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Shayan Oveis Gharan of the University of Washington contributed to the theory of algorithms, leading to a deeper understanding of spanning trees and matroid bases and improving the approximation of the metric traveling salesperson problem.

For more information please visit: simonsfoundation.org/2026/07/23/2026-fields-medals-awarded-to-four-of-worlds-top-mathematicians