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Real Name | Akshay Venkatesh |
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Famous For | Winning Mathematics’ prestigious Fields Medal, known as the Nobel prize for math |
Physical Stats & More
Height | 183 cm |
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Weight | 70 kg |
Eye Color | Black |
Hair Color | Salt & Pepper |
Educational Qualification(s)
School | Scotch College, Perth, Australia |
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Personal Life
Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Scorpio |
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Hometown | Perth, Australia (lives in the United States) |
Religion | Hinduism |
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Relationships & More
Marital Status | Married | ||||
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Wife/Spouse | Sarah Paden (Music Teacher) | ||||
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Family
Father | Venky Venkatesh |
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Mother | Svetha (Professor of Computer Science) |
Career
Research Field | Mathematics |
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Thesis | Limiting Forms of the Trace Formula |
Doctoral Advisor | Peter Sarnak |
Area of Interest | Number Theory |
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Contributions | Venkatesh has made contributions to various areas in Mathematics including Number Theory, Representation Theory, Automorphic Forms, Ergodic Theory, and Locally Symmetric Spaces. |
Favourites
Sport | Cricket |
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Book | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
Beverage | Coffee |
Some Lesser Known Facts
Akshay Venkatesh was born in Delhi and grew up in Perth. | |
He entered the University of Western Australia at 13, becoming the youngest student there. | |
Akshay has achieved success in multiple math competitions, winning Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals. | |
At 17, he started his Ph.D. studies at Princeton University and finished at just 21 years old. | |
In 2018, Akshay Venkatesh was honored with the prestigious Fields Medal, the equivalent of a Nobel Prize in Mathematics. |