tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8062754651764668865.post5677608519224942525..comments2023-12-09T04:56:42.838-04:00Comments on Stop Timothy Gowers! !!!: 2014 Fields medalists?Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083493391293465339noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8062754651764668865.post-5272888365739537132013-07-29T06:54:44.723-03:002013-07-29T06:54:44.723-03:00Dear Tamas Gabal,
There is nothing unfortunate, n...Dear Tamas Gabal,<br /><br />There is nothing unfortunate, nothing to “admit”. This is quite natural. If you are interested, it is not very difficult to get at least a general idea of what these four mathematicians are doing, and what are their achievment, assuming that you have some general background (I assume that you do, otherwise you would not ask me questions like you are asking). To learn Owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13083493391293465339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8062754651764668865.post-19648409355953439472013-07-28T17:20:09.405-03:002013-07-28T17:20:09.405-03:00Dear Sowa, unfortunately, I must admit that my opi...Dear Sowa, unfortunately, I must admit that my opinion about these candidates is based solely on what I heard in seminar talks and in discussions with other people. For what it's worth, my list would look like this: Avila, Bhargava, Lurie, Sheffield.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8062754651764668865.post-51767043413661376902013-07-28T16:40:46.743-03:002013-07-28T16:40:46.743-03:00Dear Tamas Gabal,
I agree that there is no big de...Dear Tamas Gabal,<br /><br />I agree that there is no big deal that T. Gowers or any other member of any prize awarding committee wasn't familiar with the work of some or even all winners before the deliberations started. In the past, the short list consisted of 35-40 names. I do not expect anybody to be familiar with the works of 40 leading mathematicians, all working in different areas. ButOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13083493391293465339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8062754651764668865.post-45288503303393425062013-07-28T12:18:58.361-03:002013-07-28T12:18:58.361-03:00Sowa, thank you for your answer.
I want to add t...Sowa, thank you for your answer. <br /><br />I want to add that, in my opinion, it is normal that T. Gowers did not know about the work of 2010 Fields medalists before, but I was disappointed that after serving on the selection committee he was not able to talk about their work at least at the same level as his presentation of Deligne's Abel prize. <br /><br />Also, your answer raises more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com