Raúl Chávez Sarmiento
Peruvian mathematician
Raúl Chávez Sarmiento | |
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Born | (1997-10-24) 24 October 1997 (age 26) Peru |
Known for | Second youngest bronze medalist in IMO history |
Raúl Arturo Chávez Sarmiento (born 24 October 1997) is a Peruvian child prodigy in mathematics. At the age of 11 years, 271 days, he won a bronze medal at the 2009 International Mathematical Olympiad, making him the second youngest medalist in IMO history, behind Terence Tao who won bronze in 1986 at the age of 10.[1]
He won a silver medal at the 2010 IMO at age 12 years, 263 days, a gold medal (6th ranked overall) at the 2011 IMO, and again a silver medal at the 2012 IMO.[2]
Chávez Sarmiento received his Ph.D. in 2024 from Harvard University with the thesis The Hilbert-Chow algebra of a proper surface and Grojnowski calculus.[3]
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- Raúl Chávez Sarmiento's results at International Mathematical Olympiad
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