Fields Medal Video: Maryna Viazovska (2022)

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Maryna Viazovska was awarded the 2022 Fields Medal for proving the E8 lattice provides the densest sphere packing in 8D and advancing Fourier analysis.

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# Fields Medal Video: Maryna Viazovska Source: [https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2022/07/05/fields-medal-video-maryna-viazovska/](https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2022/07/05/fields-medal-video-maryna-viazovska/) Maryna Viazovska of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne \(EPFL\) proved that the*E8*lattice provides the densest packing of identical spheres in eight dimensions while also solving certain problems in Fourier analysis\. This video was presented during the opening ceremony of the[International Congress of Mathematicians](https://www.mathunion.org/icm/virtual-icm-2022)in Helsinki on July 5, 2022, organized by the[International Mathematical Union](https://www.mathunion.org/)\. Read about Viazovska’s work in detail: [In Times of Scarcity, War and Peace, a Ukrainian Finds the Magic in Math](https://www.quantamagazine.org/ukrainian-mathematician-maryna-viazovska-wins-fields-medal-20220705/),*Quanta Magazine* [Sphere\-Packing Solved in Higher Dimensions](https://www.quantamagazine.org/sphere-packing-solved-in-higher-dimensions-20160330/),*Quanta Magazine* [Out of a Magic Math Function, One Solution to Rule Them All](https://www.quantamagazine.org/universal-math-solutions-in-dimensions-8-and-24-20190513/),*Quanta Magazine* The 2022 Fields Medal winners are: - [Hugo Duminil\-Copin](https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2022/07/05/fields-medal-video-hugo-duminil-copin/) - [June Huh](https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2022/07/05/fields-medal-video-june-huh/) - [James Maynard](https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2022/07/05/fields-medal-video-james-maynard/) - [Maryna Viazovska](https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2022/07/05/fields-medal-video-maryna-viazovska/)

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