The magnificence of objectivity and a couple of solid proofs

Raphael Steiner received his doctorate in mathematics at the age of 21. Now the Swiss National Science Foundation is funding his research at ETH Zurich in the field of graph theory. Among other things, this involves proving a conjecture that is over 80 years old.

Raphael Steiner smiles into the camera.
“The beauty of mathematics is that it gives definite answers to definite questions,” says Raphael Steiner, who works at the ETH Institute of Theoretical Computer Science. (Photograph: ETH Zurich / Nicola Pitaro)

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