{"id":159785,"date":"2026-11-05T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159785"},"modified":"2026-11-05T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T01:00:08","slug":"star-mathematician-ma-xiao-leaves-the-us-for-china-and-a-career-pivot-to-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159785","title":{"rendered":"Star mathematician Ma Xiao leaves the US for China \u2013 and a career pivot to AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTwo years ago, Chinese mathematician Ma Xiao helped crack a century-old puzzle known as the Hilbert\u2019s sixth problem.<br \/>\nThe problem \u2013 which has baffled generations of mathematical physicists \u2013 centres on an elusive bridge connecting the chaotic frenzy of microscopic atoms with the predictable laws of fluid motion.<br \/>\nThe breakthrough, published in the Annals of Mathematics, helped propel Ma\u2019s collaborator Deng Yu to the 2026 Fields Medal \u2013 the discipline\u2019s highest honour \u2013 and secured Ma a coveted&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3373211\/star-mathematician-ma-xiao-leaves-us-china-and-career-pivot-ai\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTwo years ago, Chinese mathematician Ma Xiao helped crack a century-old puzzle known as the Hilbert\u2019s sixth problem. The problem \u2013 which has baffled&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159785"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}