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Abel Prize for randomness mathematician Michel Talagrand

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Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The Perseverance rover drills a rock core from the edge of the ancient river delta in Jezero Crater on Mars.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA is facing some tough questions amid budget woes: where should its Mars rover Perseverance … Read more

Mathematician who tamed randomness wins Abel Prize

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Michel Talagrand studies stochastic processes, mathematical models of phenomena that are governed by randomness.Credit: Peter Bagde/Typos1/Abel Prize 2024 A mathematician who developed formulas to make random processes more predictable, and helped to solve an iconic model of complex phenomena, has won the 2024 Abel Prize, one of the field’s most coveted awards. Michel Talagrand received … Read more