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From: Bart Goddard on 9 Mar 2010 00:31
Obispo de Tolosa <MathMan345(a)hotmail.com> wrote in
news:1046383277.347140.1268110066496.JavaMail.root(a)gallium.mathforum.org:

> Granville is obviously the greatest living mathematician, and perhaps
> the only one.
>
> The late Dr. Schramm was great precisely because he did NOT receive a
> Fields medal.

Cool! I never got one either!

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From: Gerry on 9 Mar 2010 07:01
On Mar 9, 4:31 pm, Bart Goddard <goddar...(a)netscape.net> wrote:
> Obispo de Tolosa <MathMan...(a)hotmail.com> wrote innews:1046383277.347140.1268110066496.JavaMail.root(a)gallium.mathforum.org:
>
> > Granville is obviously the greatest living mathematician, and perhaps
> > the only one.
>
> > The late Dr. Schramm was great precisely because he did NOT receive a
> > Fields medal.
>
> Cool!  I never got one either!

I was rooting for you, Bart. I couldn't believe they gave it
to that Wiles guy instead.
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GM
From: Bart Goddard on 9 Mar 2010 08:35
Gerry <gerry(a)math.mq.edu.au> wrote in
news:9b7a9389-a44f-4ff1-9667-fab7ef7622b3(a)t9g2000prh.googlegroups.com:

> On Mar 9, 4:31�pm, Bart Goddard <goddar...(a)netscape.net> wrote:
>> Obispo de Tolosa <MathMan...(a)hotmail.com> wrote
>> innews:1046383277.347140.
> 1268110066496.JavaMail.root(a)gallium.mathforum.org:
>>
>> > Granville is obviously the greatest living mathematician, and
>> > perhaps the only one.
>>
>> > The late Dr. Schramm was great precisely because he did NOT receive
>> > a Fields medal.
>>
>> Cool! �I never got one either!
>
> I was rooting for you, Bart. I couldn't believe they gave it
> to that Wiles guy instead.

Ah well, it's just a popularity contest anyway. If
Andrew hadn't been dating that cheerleader....

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From: Tonico on 9 Mar 2010 09:01
On Mar 9, 2:01 pm, Gerry <ge...(a)math.mq.edu.au> wrote:
> On Mar 9, 4:31 pm, Bart Goddard <goddar...(a)netscape.net> wrote:
>
> > Obispo de Tolosa <MathMan...(a)hotmail.com> wrote innews:1046383277.347140.1268110066496.JavaMail.root(a)gallium.mathforum.org:
>
> > > Granville is obviously the greatest living mathematician, and perhaps
> > > the only one.
>
> > > The late Dr. Schramm was great precisely because he did NOT receive a
> > > Fields medal.
>
> > Cool!  I never got one either!
>
> I was rooting for you, Bart. I couldn't believe they gave it
> to that Wiles guy instead.
> --
> GM


They actually didn't give it to Wiles: he only got to receive a
special IMU silver plaque in 1998, because at the time the proof was
finally presented with corrections and stuff, in 1994, he was over 40
years old, which is the stupid and ridiculous age limit Fields Medal
have and is why, in true comparison, the Fields Medal doesn't hold a
candle to the Noble Prizes.

We really need a mathematics prize comparable to the Nobel Prize in
importance and projection: the Fields Medal is ONLY for a particular
achievment AND under the age of 40, and not for mathematical
importance/transcendence, which should be, imo, without any age
restriction.
Perhaps the closest one is the Wolf Prize, but still far behind the
importance of a Nobel, comparatively.

Tonio
From: Bart Goddard on 9 Mar 2010 09:18
Tonico <Tonicopm(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:c68f5809-31fe-4fd7-9c07-
f0b6881e5f0c(a)z11g2000yqz.googlegroups.com:

> in true comparison, the Fields Medal doesn't hold a
> candle to the Noble Prizes.

Ummm....I don't think there's a lot of people left
who have much respect for the Nobel Prizes anymore.
Partly, but not entirely, because the (largely
unrelated) Nobel Peace Prize is awarded so
haphazardly. One would almost rather be TIME's
Man of the Year.

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