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JERUSALEM - AUGUST 8: This handout photo released by the Hebrew University shows Proffessor Elon Lindenstrauss of the Einstein Institute of Mathematics on August 8, 2010 at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. Lindenstrauss today received the Fields Mathematics Medal for 2010. The Fields Prize is given to scholars up to the age of 40 for outstanding mathematical achievement. Prof. Lindenstrauss received the medal today in Hyderabad, India, at the opening of the International Congress of Mathematicians. (Photo by Sasson Tiram/Hebrew University via Getty Images)

JERUSALEM - AUGUST 8: This handout photo released by the Hebrew University shows Proffessor Elon Lindenstrauss of the Einstein Institute of Mathematics on August 8, 2010 at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. Lindenstrauss today received the Fields Mathematics Medal for 2010. The Fields Prize is given to scholars up to the age of 40 for outstanding mathematical achievement. Prof. Lindenstrauss received the medal today in Hyderabad, India, at the opening of the International Congress of Mathematicians.  (Photo by Sasson Tiram/Hebrew University via Getty Images)