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RSS FeedsThe Fields Medal fallacy: Why this math prize should return to its roots
(PHYSorg.com Mathematics)

 
 

16 january 2018 20:06:29

 
The Fields Medal fallacy: Why this math prize should return to its roots
(PHYSorg.com Mathematics)
 


The Fields Medal, whose origins date back to the 1930s, will be issued again this year in August to up to four of the world`s most accomplished mathematicians under the age of 40. In a commentary for Nature, Michael Barany, a Society of Fellows post-doctoral fellow in history at Dartmouth, proposes that the Fields Medal return to its roots as a tool intended to shape the future of mathematics, rather than recognizing those who have already found the spotlight.


 
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