Professor Hales Recognized by the American Mathematical Society for Kepler Conjecture Proof

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Professor Hales Recognized by the American Mathematical Society for Kepler Conjecture Proof

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) has granted Professor Thomas C. Hales the society’s inaugural David P. Robbins Award, in honor of his proof of the Kepler Conjecture. Professor Hales shares the prestigious award with Samuel Ferguson of the National Security Agency, who coauthored part of the published proof. The AMS has lauded their work as “a landmark achievement.”

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