The Abel Prize for mathematics was presented to probability experts, Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis on Wednesday. The pair have been awarded for their exceptional contribution in the field of probability and dynamics in group theory, number theory, and combinatorics.Hillel Furstenberg is linked with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem whereas Margulis has been affiliated with Yale University, USA.Both of them developed random walk techniques, or a path consisting of a set of random steps. However, the Abel Prize award ceremony has been postponed because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. It was supposed to happen on May 19.
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