Japanese mathematician Masaki Kashiwara, who received the prestigious Abel Prize this year, has said his love for "beautiful" math sustained him through his more than half-century-long research career.Becoming the first Japanese recipient of the award, considered the Nobel Prize for mathematics, the 78-year-old professor emeritus at Kyoto University's Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences said in a recent interview he felt the beauty of math "the moment I proved something new."He also said he "deeply felt" the high value Norway attaches to math education through festivities related t…READ FULL ARTICLE
