Paper recognized as finalist for PNAS Cozzarelli Prize

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Ken Ono’s 2024 paper “Integer partitions detect the primes” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, with former UVA student William Craig and collaborator Jan-Willem van Ittersum, has been recognized as a finalist for the Cozzarelli Prize. The paper was selected as a runner-up in the Physical Sciences and Mathematics category from among 3,200 papers published in PNAS last year. This marks the first time a paper in pure mathematics has been recognized by this prestigious award since 2005.

Ken Ono
Ken Ono
William Craig
William Craig
Jan-Willem van Ittersum
Jan-Willem van Ittersum

An article describing this work appeared in Scientific American in June 2025.

Last updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2025