Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Mathematics 'Nobels' Announced in City of Pearls Tomorrow

It's actually called the Fields Medal named after Canadian Mathematician John Charles Fields. In 2006, Russian Grigori Perelman declined the award while the Mozart of Math picked up his.

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3 comments:

  1. akagugo13 August, 2014 11:14

    The first time an woman wins it.

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  2. akagugo18 July, 2017 21:03

    Less than 3 years later, and she's already gone...!

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  3. Sanjay Jagatsingh18 July, 2017 23:44

    Very sad. There's a beautiful article on her in the New Yorker.

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