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by matthewwiese 4287 days ago
I love that articles relevant in mathematics gets posted to HN, it just makes me giddy.

Also, that note on a possible application in crypto makes sense to my amateur brain.

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The article that got to me first was from ABC news (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/2014-macarthur-genius-gra...).

Making only a sidenote that the group of recipients includes a mathematician, they also say "Most winners are not widely known outside their fields ..." I thought Zhang deserves a bit more recognition than this, especially since his rise from "relative obscurity" is pretty unique.