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Abel Prize celebrates union of mathematics and computer science

The work of winners László Lovász and Avi Wigderson underpins applications from Internet security to the study of networks.
  1. Davide Castelvecchi
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Two pioneers of the theory of computation have won the 2021 Abel Prize, one of the most prestigious honours in mathematics.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00694-9

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