Michel Talagrand, a mathematician from France, was awarded the 2024 Abel Prize for his work on randomness, which has had significant impacts on various fields like weather forecasts, language models, and quantum computers. Talagrand, affiliated with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris, credited a brush with blindness for leading him to his groundbreaking work. Despite his struggles with learning mathematics easily due to a terrible memory, Talagrand's innovative approach and dedication have led to his recognition as the math equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
"I’m not able to learn mathematics easily. I have to work. It takes a very long time and I have a terrible memory," says Michel Talagrand, winner of the 2024 Abel prize. https://t.co/gr8dfbVtgo
The winner of the Abel Prize this year, mathematician Michel Talagrand, reveals the key to his success: "I have a terrible memory. I forget things. So I try to work, despite these handicaps, and the way I worked was trying to understand really well the simple things." https://t.co/3cMczW2NRE https://t.co/L7A0kLenhI
Michel Talagrand, affiliated with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris, France, was awarded the Abel Prize for 2024 by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. His recognition comes for contributions to probability theory and stochastic…
“[Talagrand] revisits and revisits, and thinks about something from all kinds of perspectives. And eventually he puts out an insight that becomes a workhorse, that everyone is using.” —Assaf Naor, mathematician https://t.co/JonxMN34u6
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Michel Talagrand innovative work has allowed others to tackle problems involving random processes https://t.co/dqMqThgGN6
"I’m not able to learn mathematics easily. I have to work. It takes a very long time and I have a terrible memory," says Michel Talagrand, winner of the 2024 Abel prize. https://t.co/6fub2ST0Ii
Michel Talagrand has won this year's Abel prize, sometimes called the Nobel of mathematics, for his work on randomness. "My brain completely stopped for five seconds. It was an amazing experience," he told New Scientist. https://t.co/FQ2tHmRbGY
Michel Talagrand was awarded the 2024 Abel Prize this Wednesday for work that has helped define the best, worst and average outcomes of problems involving randomness. https://t.co/JonxMN34u6
Michel Talagrand of France has credited a brush with blindness for leading to the work that resulted in his recognition by the math equivalent of the Nobel Prize. https://t.co/LFXwwvxE0Q
I’m not able to learn mathematics easily, so I try to understand really well the simple things. (Michel Talagrand, 2024 Abel Prize winner)
"I’m not able to learn mathematics easily. I have to work. It takes a very long time and I have a terrible memory," says Michel Talagrand, winner of the 2024 Abel prize. https://t.co/YyuGeyV7nx
Michel Talagrand innovative work has allowed others to tackle problems involving random processes https://t.co/lglh09WJTr
Why 2024 Abel prize winner Michel Talagrand became a mathematician https://t.co/smSaIBxtwZ
Randomness is one of life’s certainties. The probability theorist Michel Talagrand has helped mathematicians find ways to organize the mess. https://t.co/JonxMN34u6
“I’m not able to learn mathematics easily, I have to work. It takes a very long time and I have a terrible memory. I forget things. So I try to work, despite these handicaps, and the way I worked was trying to understand really well the simple things.” https://t.co/34KPhRCu8I
Michel Talagrand wins Abel Prize for randomness studies. https://t.co/R297mut9gR
Michel Talagrand wins Abel Prize for randomness studies https://t.co/sCO8hTdGaR
Michel Talagrand wins Abel Prize for randomness studies https://t.co/xeaxtJBkCv
Talagrand has an aptitude for distilling complex insights into clear and tasty bites in his research and exposition. I've benefited immensely from applying his most famous inequality but even more so from his books, which are written with wit and lucidity matched by none: Upper… https://t.co/rKEGh0nEBB
Fantastic!! Talagrand’s work on empirical processes was impressive #ripdudley https://t.co/AxVTXH7Kap
Michel Talagrand has won this year's Abel prize, sometimes called the Nobel of mathematics, for his work on randomness. "My brain completely stopped for five seconds. It was an amazing experience," he told New Scientist. https://t.co/5u3oxeyNwd
As a child, retinal detachments nearly made Michel Talagrand go blind. While he was in the hospital, he kept his mind busy during math lessons from his father. Talagrand is now the recipient of the 2024 Abel Prize, one of the highest honors in mathematics. https://t.co/JonxMN34u6
Mathematician wins 2024 Abel prize for making sense of randomness https://t.co/I0D6j4aqcJ
Michel Talagrand received the Abel Prize for his “contributions to probability theory and functional analysis, with outstanding applications in mathematical physics and statistics” https://t.co/SFv6MLL3yr
My latest: French mathematician Michel Talagrand is the recipient of the 2024 Abel Prize. He is especially known for his groundbreaking work in probability theory, stochastic processes, and spin glasses. https://t.co/nHO763xRF3
Michel Talagrand has been awarded the Abel Prize, one of the highest honors in mathematics, for applying tools from high-dimensional geometry to complex probability problems. @jordanacep reports: https://t.co/JonxMN34u6
well.. here comes the randomness