Mathematician who tamed randomness wins Abel Prize

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