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ETH Medals for three doctoral students
![Graduate Ceremony April 2017](/news-and-events/news/d-math-news/2017/04/eth-medals-for-three-doctoral-students/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.345273881.jpg)
At last Friday's doctoral graduation ceremony three ETH Medals were awarded to former doctoral students of the Department of Mathematics.
Der Mann, der den Zufall beherrscht
![Wendelin Werner](/news-and-events/news/d-math-news/2017/04/der-mann-der-den-zufall-beherrscht/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.148929334.jpg)
Wendelin Werner von der ETH Zürich erhielt die Fields-Medaille, den «Nobelpreis der Mathematik». Zuvor machte er einen Abstecher in die Schauspielerei.
A new path to equal-angle lines
![Benjamin Sudakov](/news-and-events/news/d-math-news/2017/04/a-new-path-to-equal-angle-lines/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1483281311.jpg)
Equiangular lines are an elemental part of geometry. Mathematicians have discovered a tighter limit on the number of such lines that exist in every dimension.
Robert Gantner: 2017 BGCE Student Paper Prize
![Robert Gantner](/news-and-events/news/d-math-news/2017/04/robert-gantner-2017-bgce-student-paper-prize/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1734847331.jpg)
The Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering (BGCE) has awarded the 2017 Student Paper Prize to Robert Gantner for his outstanding work in computational science and engineering.
"Ich bin gerne frustriert"
![Vincent Tassion](/news-and-events/news/d-math-news/2017/04/ich-bin-gerne-frustriert/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1975441599.jpg)
Der Mathematiker Vincent Tassion berechnet an der ETH Zürich, wie Wasser durch Kaffeepulver tröpfelt.