A team of mathematicians (that included our own Ananth Shankar) has solved an important question about how solutions to polynomial equations relate to sophisticated geometric objects called Shimura varieties. The work was reported in Quanta Magazine about the team’s participation on solving the Andre-Oort conjecture.
Link: https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-prove-30-year-old-andre-oort-conjecture-20220203/
Congrats, Ananth!