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Journals That Published Groundbreaking Mathematical Discoveries

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Which journal published Pierre de Fermat's Last Theorem in 1995?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of the American Mathematical Society

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Andrew Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem was published in the Annals of Mathematics in 1995.

In which journal did Srinivasa Ramanujan publish his famous paper on mock theta functions in 1917?

  1. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society

  2. Quarterly Journal of Mathematics

  3. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

  4. Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ramanujan's paper on mock theta functions was published in the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society in 1917.

Which journal published Bernhard Riemann's groundbreaking paper on Riemann surfaces in 1851?

  1. Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik

  2. Mathematische Annalen

  3. Göttinger Nachrichten

  4. Crelle's Journal


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Riemann's paper on Riemann surfaces was published in the Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik in 1851.

In which journal did Emmy Noether publish her seminal paper on Noether's theorem in 1918?

  1. Mathematische Annalen

  2. Göttinger Nachrichten

  3. Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik

  4. Crelle's Journal


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Noether's paper on Noether's theorem was published in the Mathematische Annalen in 1918.

Which journal published Alan Turing's groundbreaking paper on computability and undecidability in 1936?

  1. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society

  2. Quarterly Journal of Mathematics

  3. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

  4. Journal of the London Mathematical Society


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Turing's paper on computability and undecidability was published in the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society in 1936.

In which journal did John von Neumann publish his seminal paper on game theory in 1928?

  1. Mathematische Annalen

  2. Göttinger Nachrichten

  3. Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik

  4. Crelle's Journal


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Von Neumann's paper on game theory was published in the Mathematische Annalen in 1928.

Which journal published Kurt Gödel's famous incompleteness theorems in 1931?

  1. Monatshefte für Mathematik und Physik

  2. Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

  3. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien

  4. Ergebnisse eines mathematischen Kolloquiums


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gödel's paper on the incompleteness theorems was published in the Monatshefte für Mathematik und Physik in 1931.

In which journal did Paul Erdős publish his groundbreaking paper on random graphs in 1960?

  1. Publications of the Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

  2. Acta Mathematica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

  3. Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica

  4. Mathematica (Cluj)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Erdős' paper on random graphs was published in the Publications of the Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1960.

Which journal published Stephen Smale's seminal paper on dynamical systems in 1967?

  1. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

  2. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

  3. Annals of Mathematics

  4. Journal of Differential Equations


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Smale's paper on dynamical systems was published in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society in 1967.

In which journal did Grigori Perelman publish his groundbreaking paper on the Poincaré conjecture in 2002?

  1. arXiv

  2. Journal of Differential Geometry

  3. Geometry & Topology

  4. Annals of Mathematics


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Perelman's paper on the Poincaré conjecture was published on the arXiv preprint server in 2002.

Which journal published Terence Tao's seminal paper on the Green-Tao theorem in 2006?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of the American Mathematical Society

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Tao's paper on the Green-Tao theorem was published in the Annals of Mathematics in 2006.

In which journal did Maryam Mirzakhani publish her groundbreaking paper on the moduli space of Riemann surfaces in 2004?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of the American Mathematical Society

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mirzakhani's paper on the moduli space of Riemann surfaces was published in the Annals of Mathematics in 2004.

Which journal published James Maynard's seminal paper on the Hardy-Littlewood conjecture in 2013?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of the American Mathematical Society

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Maynard's paper on the Hardy-Littlewood conjecture was published in the Annals of Mathematics in 2013.

In which journal did Artur Avila publish his groundbreaking paper on the Aubry-Mather theory in 2006?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of the American Mathematical Society

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Avila's paper on the Aubry-Mather theory was published in the Annals of Mathematics in 2006.

Which journal published Maryna Viazovska's seminal paper on the sphere packing problem in 2016?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of the American Mathematical Society

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Viazovska's paper on the sphere packing problem was published in the Annals of Mathematics in 2016.

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