Noam David Elkies is a professor of mathematics at Harvard University. At age 26, he became the youngest professor to receive tenure at Harvard. He is also a pianist, chess national master, and chess
Benedict Hyman Gross was an American mathematician who was a professor at the University of California, San Diego, the George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics Emeritus at Harvard University, a
Noam Elkies
…twice more during his undergraduate years. He graduated valedictorian of his class in 1985. He then earned his PhD in 1987 under the supervision of Benedict Gross and Barry Mazur at Harvard University. From 1987 to 1990, Elkies was a junior fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows…