James Maynard (mathematician)

James Maynard
James Maynard
	Maynard in 2013
Born	10 June 1987 (age 39); Chelmsford, Essex, England
Alma mater	University of Cambridge; University of Oxford;
Known for	Work on prime gaps
Awards	SASTRA Ramanujan Prize (2014); Whitehead Prize (2015); EMS Prize (2016); Cole Prize in Number Theory (2020); Fields Medal (2022);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Montreal; University of Oxford;
Doctoral advisor	Roger Heath-Brown

James Alexander Maynard (born 10 June 1987) is a British mathematician. His works focused in analytic number theory. In 2017, he was hired as a Research Professor at Oxford University. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2022.

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2020.

References

↑ "James Maynard appointed Research Professor and receives a Wolfson Merit Award from the Royal Society". 4 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
↑ Klarreich, Erica (5 July 2022). "A Solver of the Hardest Easy Problems About Prime Numbers". quantamagazine.org. Quanta Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
↑ "James Maynard". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021.

Other websites

Maynard interviewed by Brady Haran on the Twin Prime Conjecture
Maynard interviewed by Brady Haran on the completion of the Duffin-Schaeffer Conjecture
James Maynard publications indexed by Google Scholar

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[1] "James Maynard appointed Research Professor and receives a Wolfson Merit Award from the Royal Society". 4 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[2] Klarreich, Erica (5 July 2022). "A Solver of the Hardest Easy Problems About Prime Numbers". quantamagazine.org. Quanta Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[3] "James Maynard". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021.

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James Maynard
Maynard in 2013
Born	(1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 39) Chelmsford, Essex, England
Alma mater	University of Cambridge University of Oxford
Known for	Work on prime gaps
Awards	SASTRA Ramanujan Prize (2014) Whitehead Prize (2015) EMS Prize (2016) Cole Prize in Number Theory (2020) Fields Medal (2022)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Montreal University of Oxford
Doctoral advisor	Roger Heath-Brown