tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post494402574231614946..comments2024-03-27T19:58:17.387-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: Subhash Khot wins NevanlinnaLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-16049856716737888722014-08-16T14:18:56.003-05:002014-08-16T14:18:56.003-05:00more on fields medals/ nevanlinna prizemore on <a href="http://vzn1.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/fields-medals-nevanlinna-prize-2014/" rel="nofollow">fields medals/ nevanlinna prize</a>vznhttp://vzn1.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-39532884277325181782014-08-13T14:57:26.618-05:002014-08-13T14:57:26.618-05:00Bill, they are compared to Nobel just to explain t...Bill, they are compared to Nobel just to explain their importance since most people wouldn't have heard of them. Arguing which one looks closer seems pointless to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-88762518356147447412014-08-13T06:58:38.354-05:002014-08-13T06:58:38.354-05:00Congrads to Khot whose work I sort-of understand.
...Congrads to Khot whose work I sort-of understand.<br />Congrads to Mirzakhani whose work I never will.<br /><br />Both the Fields medal and the Abel prize have been called the Nobel Prize of Mathematics. The Fields medal is much older and I think better known. The Abel prize has no age restriction and the prize money is similar to that for the Nobel<br />(Fields is 15,000, Abel is 1,000,000, Nobel is 1,200,000- all numbers approx).<br />I would go with the Abel being the Nobel of Math.GASARCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-8451146506944247012014-08-12T15:22:34.941-05:002014-08-12T15:22:34.941-05:00There are also nice portraits of the medalists on ...There are also nice portraits of the medalists on the Simons Foundation website:<br /><br />Subhash Khot: http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140812-a-grand-vision-for-the-impossible<br /><br />Artur Avila: http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140812-a-brazilian-wunderkind-who-calms-chaos<br /><br />Manjul Bhargava: http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140812-the-musical-magical-number-theorist<br /><br />Martin Hairer: http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140808-in-mathematical-noise-one-who-heard-music<br /><br />Maryam Mirzakhani: http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140812-a-tenacious-explorer-of-abstract-surfacesAnthony Leverrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09050879349348611847noreply@blogger.com