| Choi Seok-jeong | |
| Term Start: | 5 May 1705 |
| Term End: | 24 April 1710 |
| Predecessor: | Sin Wan |
| Successor: | Yi Yeo |
| Term Start1: | 27 March 1703 |
| Term End1: | 29 July 1703 |
| Predecessor1: | Seo Mun-jung |
| Successor1: | Sin Wan |
| Term Start2: | 24 July 1701 |
| Term End2: | 31 October 1701 |
| Predecessor2: | Seo Mun-jung |
| Successor2: | Seo Mun-jung |
| Term Start3: | 12 April 1699 |
| Term End3: | 16 July 1699 |
| Predecessor3: | Yi Se-baek |
| Successor3: | Seo Mun-jung |
| Term Start4: | 3 April 1697 |
| Term End4: | 13 July 1698 |
| Predecessor4: | Seo Mun-jung |
| Successor4: | Yi Se-baek |
| Birth Date: | 2 July 1646 |
| Father: | Choe Hu-ryang (biological) Choe Hu-sang (adoptive) |
| Mother: | Lady An Jung-im of the Gwangju An clan (biological) |
| Spouse: | Lady Yi Gyeong-eok of the Yi clan |
| Children: | Choe Chang-dae (son) |
| Country: | Joseon |
| Hangul: | 최석정 |
| Rr: | Ch'oe Seok-jeong |
| Mr: | Choi Sŏk-ch'ŏng |
| Hangulja: | 여시, 여화 |
| Hanjaja: | , |
| Rrja: | Yeosi, Yeohwa |
| Mrja: | Yŏsi, Yŏhwa |
| Hangula: | 석만 |
| Rra: | Seokman |
| Mra: | Sŏkman |
| Hangulph: | 문정 |
| Rrph: | Munjeong |
| Mrph: | Munch'ŏng |
| Hangulho: | 존와, 명곡 |
| Hanjaho: | , |
| Rrho: | Jonwa, Myeonggok |
| Mrho: | Ch'onwa, Myŏngkok |
Choi Seok-jeong (; 1646–1715) was a Korean politician and mathematician in the Joseon period of Korea.
He published the Gusuryak in 1700,[1] the first known literature on Latin squares,[2] predating Leonhard Euler by at least 67 years.[3] [4] He also invented the hexagonal tortoise problem.[5] Choi was a member of the Jeonju Choe clan.
The Choi Seok-jeong Award was created in 2021 to recognize those who develop or spread mathematics.[6] Spelling of laureates' names matches their Wikipedia page, if it exists, the remainder used Revised Romanization of Korean with the Korean Romanization Converter of Al Lab and Narainfotech.
| Year | Laureates | Affiliation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021[7] | Kim Jae Kyoung Im Seonhui Song Hongyeop< | --송홍엽--> | KAIST/Institute for Basic Science Seoul National University Yonsei University | |
| 2022[8] | Kang Myeongju Oum Sang-il Hwang Hyeongju< | --황형주--> | Seoul National University KAIST/Institute for Basic Science POSTECH | |
| 2023 | Kim Jongam Ye Jongcheol Kim Sanghyeon< | --김상현--> | Seoul National University KAIST Korea Institute for Advanced Study |