A maths genius has won a £2.3million prize from Mark Zuckerberg's foundation for working out the complex equations that result from stirring a cup of tea. Martin Hairer, 44, from Imperial College London, hit the jackpot as winner of the 2021 Breakthrough prize for mathematics. Professor Hairer is now looking to buy a house with his wife in London when the prize money goes in his account. Professor Hairer studied mathematics at Geneva University - where his father Professor Ernst Hairer is a mathematician - before doing a master's and PhD in physics. President of Imperial College London Professor Alice Gast said: 'Martin Hairer's breakthroughs have profoundly shaped our understanding of stochastic processes.

Source: Daily Mail September 11, 2020 09:20 UTC