Choi Seok-jeong
Choi Seok-jeong was a Korean politician and mathematician in the Joseon period of Korea.
He published the Gusuryak in 1700, the first known literature on Latin squares, predating Leonhard Euler by at least 67 years. He also invented the hexagonal tortoise problem. Choi was a member of the Jeonju Choe clan.
Choi Seok-jeong Award
The Choi Seok-jeong Award was created in 2021 to recognize those who develop or spread mathematics. Spelling of laureates' names matches their Wikipedia page, if it exists, the remainder uses Revised Romanization of Korean.| Year | Laureates | Affiliation |
| 2021 | Kim Jae Kyoung Im Seonhui Song Hongyeop | KAIST/Institute for Basic Science Seoul National University Yonsei University |
| 2022 | Kang Myeongju Oum Sang-il Hwang Hyeongju | Seoul National University KAIST/Institute for Basic Science POSTECH |
| 2023 | Kim Jongam Ye Jongcheol Kim Sanghyeon | Seoul National University KAIST Korea Institute for Advanced Study |
| 2024 | Shin Jin-woo Ha Seungyeol Lee Ki-hyung | KAIST Seoul National University KAOS Foundation |
| 2025 | Lee Seung-hyuk Park Cheol-woo Park Ki-hyun | Seoul National University KAIST Hanshin University |