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Context: Ruixiang Zhang, an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, will receive the 2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for his exceptional contributions to mathematics.
About Dr. Zhang’s work:
His work spans various areas of mathematics, including analytic number theory, combinatorics, Euclidean harmonic analysis, and geometry.
About the Prize:
The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize, established in 2005, is presented annually by SASTRA University in Tamil Nadu on Ramanujan’s birth anniversary, December 22 (at its centre Kumbakonam, the hometown of the renowned mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan). It recognizes mathematicians under 32 years old who work in areas influenced by Srinivasa Ramanujan, in honour of his remarkable accomplishments within that age. The prize includes a $10,000 cash award and a citation, and it has gained international recognition. Previous recipients include Manjul Bhargava and Akshay Venkatesh
