A math professor once told me that the reason there is no Nobel Prize in mathematics is because Mittag-Leffler, who would have won it the first year, was having an affair with Nobel’s wife.
Turns out that it is an urban myth (Nobel never married), but a great story.
Had it been true, I guess Mittag-Leffler would have won the Nobel “Piece” prize...
Had it been true, I guess Mittag-Leffler would have won the Nobel “Piece” prize...