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Born June 28, 1972 (age 52) • Hanoi • Vietnam
Awards And Honors Fields Medal (2010)
Subjects Of Study Fundamental Lemma • Langlands conjectures

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Pierre Deligne
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David Mumford
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Hironaka Heisuke
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Charles-Émile Picard.
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