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Furstenberg and Margulis awarded 2020 Abel Prize
(
nature.com
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64 points
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finolex1
on March 21, 2020
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sorokod
on March 21, 2020
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One of his early results is a topological proof of the infinitude of primes[1]. I was amazed in my first year in uni when I saw it.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furstenberg%27s_proof_of_the...
pmiller2
on March 21, 2020
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I first encountered that one in
Proofs from the Book
, which, BTW, is a beautiful book in every sense of the word.
jeeyoungk
on March 21, 2020
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This is a fun proof! Thanks for the reference.
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[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furstenberg%27s_proof_of_the...