A 17-year-old Pennsylvania student used code in a preprint to catalog 146 isolated noble polyhedra, then won a $250,000 prize for the result

17-year-old Connor Hill won $250,000 for using computer algorithms to catalogue noble polyhedra, identifying 146 isolated shapes and two infinite families in a proof awaiting peer review.
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