Hello everyone,
For those of you who are informed on this year's contenders for the Fields medal, why is it that Yu Deng's name ( Hilbert's sixth probelm) gets mentioned as a potential winner, but his collaborator's name is nowhere to be found. Both of them are under the age limit. I am just wondering if anyone has any insight on the process and if there is an instituional push sometimes or some sort of "marketing" involved. I work in an adjacent field so forgive my ignorance on the question.