Hong Wang
Hong Wang | |
|---|---|
| 王虹 | |
Wang in 2024 | |
| Born | 1991 (age 34–35) Guilin, Guangxi, China |
| Education | |
| Known for | Solving the Kakeya conjecture in three dimensions |
| Awards | Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize (2022) Salem Prize (2025) Ostrowski Prize (2025) Sadosky Prize (2026) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | A restriction estimate in (2019) |
| Doctoral advisor | Larry Guth |
| Website | sites |
Hong Wang (Chinese: 王虹; pinyin: Wáng Hóng; born 1991) is a Chinese mathematician who works in Fourier analysis and geometric measure theory. She received the Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize in 2022 and the Salem Prize in 2025.
Early life and education
Wang was born in Guilin, Guangxi, China, in 1991. Her parents are both teachers at a secondary school in Pingle County. She skipped two grades during primary school. In 2004, she attended Guilin High School. In 2007, 16-year-old Wang gained early admission to Peking University's School of Earth and Space Sciences with a score of 653 in the Gaokao. After a year, she transferred to the School of Mathematical Sciences.[1] She received an undergraduate degree in mathematics at Peking University in 2011. In 2014, she graduated with dual degrees: an engineering degree (diplôme d'ingénieur) at École polytechnique and a master's degree from Paris-Sud University.[2][3] In 2019, she received a PhD in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the supervision of Larry Guth.[2]
Career
Wang was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study from 2019 to 2021.[2][4] She then joined University of California, Los Angeles, as an assistant professor of mathematics.[5] She is currently professor at the New York University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences[6] and, since 1 September 2025, also Permanent Professor of Mathematics at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques.[6]
On 24 February 2025, Wang and her collaborator Joshua Zahl posted an arXiv preprint "Volume estimates for unions of convex sets, and the Kakeya set conjecture in three dimensions" claiming to solve the Kakeya conjecture in three dimensions. The general Kakeya conjecture has been described by Terence Tao as "one of the most sought-after open problems in geometric measure theory". The claimed proof is considered to be a breakthrough in geometric measure theory.[7][8][9]
Awards and honors
Wang was a 2022 recipient of the Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize, given "for advances on the restriction conjecture, the local smoothing conjecture, and related problems".[2][5][10]
Wang was a 2025 recipient of the Salem Prize, given "for her role in solutions to major open problems in harmonic analysis and geometric measure theory."[11] She was awarded the 2025 ICCM Gold Medal of Mathematics from the International Consortium of Chinese Mathematicians, given to "outstanding mathematicians of Chinese descent under the age of 45 for their achievements in the research of pure and applied mathematics, and for their great contributions to the development of mathematics."[12] She was also a 2025 recipient of the Ostrowski Prize, given for her "influential work in harmonic analysis, solving central problems in the field like the Kakeya set conjecture in three dimensions or the restriction conjecture in higher dimensions".[13][14]
She was awarded the 2026 Sadosky Prize from the Association for Women in Mathematics, given "for solving central problems in harmonic analysis through the introduction of ground-breaking ideas. In particular, for substantial contributions to the Fourier restriction problem, the Kakeya conjecture, and geometric measure theory."[15]
References
- ^ "华人女数学家提前锁定菲尔兹奖？王虹127页破解几何世纪难题，陶哲轩盛赞" [Wang Hong solved a century-old geometry problem in her 127-page work, praised by Terence Tao]. The Paper. 28 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b c d "MIT mathematicians awarded 2022 New Frontiers Prize". MIT News. 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021.
- ^ "跟随自己的兴趣和感觉 专访王虹校友" [Follow your own interests and feelings. Interview with alumnus Wang Hong]. sohu.com. 1 November 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Hong Wang". Institute for Advanced Study. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 October 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Mathematician Hong Wang wins New Frontiers Prize". University of California, Los Angeles. 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Hong Wang joins IHES as Permanent Professor of Mathematics". Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques. 27 May 2025. Archived from the original on 27 May 2025.
- ^ "Century-Old Math Enigma Finally Solved: How Chinese Student Cracked An 'Impossible' Geometry Mystery". Dainik Jagran. 4 March 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Hong Wang; Joshua Zahl (24 February 2025). "Volume estimates for unions of convex sets, and the Kakeya set conjecture in three dimensions". arXiv:2502.17655 [math.CA].
- ^ "Chinese maths star Wang Hong solves 'infamous' geometry problem". South China Morning Post. 4 March 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Laureates". Breakthrough Prize. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021.
- ^ "2025 Salem Prize Winners". Institute for Advanced Study. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
- ^ "Hong Wang Awarded Salem Prize and ICCM Gold Medal of Mathematics". Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. 30 October 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "The prize and the prize winners". Ostrowski Foundation. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ "Citation for Hong Wang" (PDF). Ostrowski Foundation. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ "AWM Sadosky Research Prize in Analysis 2026". Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 30 October 2025.