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Nikhil Srivastava

  1. Conjecture Proof Leads to Pólya Prize 

    July 9, 2014

    Posted by Rob Knies It was almost a year ago, in this space, that you might have learned the astounding news that a team of two researchers from Yale University and one from Microsoft Research had announced a proof of a riddle that had eluded…

  2. Indian Researcher Helps Prove Math Conjecture from the 1950s 

    July 16, 2013

    Tweet Posted by Rob Knies On June 18, Adam Marcus and Daniel A. Spielman of Yale University, along with Nikhil Srivastava of Microsoft Research India, announced a proof of the Kadison-Singer conjecture, a question about the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics. Ten days later, they…