Who among following persons of Indian origin was in news in December 2021 for solving the Kadison-Singer 1959 problem in the field of mathematics?
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Nikhil Srivastava.
- Nikhil Srivastava is an Indian mathematician, has been named winner of the prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize.
- The award recognises their highly original work that introduced and developed methods for understanding the characteristic polynomial of matrices, namely the iterative sparsification method (also in collaboration with Batson) and the method of interlacing polynomials.