Who among the following was honoured by the Abel Prize of 2021 in Mathematics ?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Laszlo Lovasz.
- Laszlo Lovasz is a Hungarian mathematician best known for his work in combinatorics, for which he was awarded the 2021 Abel Prize.
- Inspired by Erdos, Lovasz won gold medals in the International Mathematical Olympiad competition in each of the three years 1964, 1965 and 1966.
- Lovasz's first paper 'On graphs not containing independent circuits' was published in 1965 when he was seventeen years old.