James Maynard (mathematician)
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James Alexander Maynard FRS (born 10 June 1987) is an English mathematician working in analytic number theory and in particular the theory of prime numbers.[1] In 2017, he was appointed Research Professor at Oxford.[2] Maynard is a fellow[3] of St John's College, Oxford. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2022[4] and the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize in 2023.
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Born | James Alexander Maynard (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 36) Chelmsford, Essex, England |
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Known for | Work on prime gaps |
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Fields | Number theory |
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Thesis | Topics in analytic number theory (2013) |
Doctoral advisor | Roger Heath-Brown |
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