Rotating needles in space: the road to the Kakeya conjecture, and why it matters

Terence Tao reports he has written a non-technical article for the International Congress of Mathematicians, marking Hong Wang's Fields Medal and her work on the Kakeya conjecture. The piece, titled 'Rotating needles in space,' is now on arXiv, with Chris Sogge delivering the accompanying laudatio. Both are expected to appear in the congress proceedings, continuing a tradition of popular write-ups for medalists.

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