Alumna Lisa Piccirillo Solves Famous 50-year-old Math Problem

September 9, 2020 • by Staff Writer

During her graduate studies at The University of Texas at Austin, Lisa Piccirillo solved a problem that had bedeviled mathematicians for five decades.

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