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Don Zagier, former director at the Bonn Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, has been awarded the Gumin Prize for Mathematics of the Year 2024. The Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation honors his groundbreaking research in number theory and the theory of modular forms. The Gumin Prize is awarded every three to four years to outstanding mathematicians in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland. Zagier speaks in an interview about his work, his collaboration with other mathematicians, and his former doctoral student Maryna Viazovska, who received the Fields Medal. He also comments on current developments in mathematics and mentions the Taniyama-Weil conjecture as a problem he would like to see solved. Zagier also mentions his personal story as a prodigy. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the awarding of the Ostrowski Prize for higher mathematics to Canadian mathematician Jacob Tsimerman. Tsimerman has made significant contributions to transcendence theory, analytic number theory, and arithmetic geometry. He has already received several awards, including the New Horizons Prize from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. The article also mentions the appointment of Lisa Sauermann, a German mathematician, as an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her award of the Kaven Honor Prize from the German Research Foundation. Sauermann works in the field of combinatorics. The article also contains information about the results of the 2022 PISA survey, which shows a deterioration in the mathematical, reading, and science competencies of German adolescents compared to 2018. The government attributes this to the effects of the Corona pandemic, language difficulties, interest, and motivation. [Extracted from the article]

According to the doctors' statistics, there is a strong increase in employed doctors in the outpatient sector. One third of all doctors now work as employees in practices or medical care centers. It is expected that there will be a shortage of 30,000 to 50,000 doctors by 2040. The number of medical study places in Germany is still lower than in the 1980s. There is also an increase in foreign doctors registering in Germany. The majority of these doctors come from EU countries or other European states, as well as from countries in the Middle East. There is also a rising number of retired doctors. The article emphasizes the importance of recognizing the need for healthcare, ensuring quality, and appropriately financing it. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers several news briefs, tips and dates. Topics include examines that Martin Grötschel received the Cantor Medal of the Year 2021 from the German Association of Mathematicians; and considered that the following young mathematicians received the 2022 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Awards as Sarah Peluse from the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University for her contributions to arithmetic combinatorics and analytic number theory.

The article discusses second Gaussian lecture in 2021 is expected to take place in the upper town hall in Bremen, Germany that will focus on whole numbers and L-functions. Topics discussed include declaration on equal opportunities, diversity and scientific collaboration; new trends in algorithmic randomness and computable analysis; nonlocal conservation laws; mathematical models; and mathematical analysis and quantum systems.

The article examines that there are magic tricks where the mathematical background is very well hidden. Topics include considered that different mathematical areas play a role here, such as number theory, combinatorics, coding theory, etc and this article is about permutations, and it will be important that the examples relevant here commute in pairs.

The article focuses on the works of mathematician David Hilbert including algebraic geometry, functional analysis and algebraic number theory. Topics discussed include intellectual history of his biography, written evidences on his mathematics researches and philosophical aspects of mathematics in 20th century. It further presents brief comparison of his works with that of mathematician Erhard Schmidt.