Raúl Chávez Sarmiento
Peruvian mathematician
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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 a bronze medal in 1986 at the age of 10.[1]
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Born24 October 1997
Peru
KnownforSecond youngest bronze medalist in IMO history
Raúl Chávez Sarmiento | |
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Chávez, receiving an award by the President at the Government Palace of Peru | |
| Born | 24 October 1997 Peru |
| Known for | Second youngest bronze medalist in IMO history |
He then won a silver medal at the 2010 IMO, a gold medal (6th ranked overall) at the 2011 IMO, and a silver medal again 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]
