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Celebrated Math Problem Solved, Russian Reports
The NY Times ^ | 041503 | Sara Robinson

Posted on 04/14/2003 9:09:09 PM PDT by Archangelsk

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Well beyond my meager skills but a good read. A real coup if it stands up to peer review.
1 posted on 04/14/2003 9:09:09 PM PDT by Archangelsk
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2 posted on 04/14/2003 9:13:20 PM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: Archangelsk
Trivial pursuit question: Why isn't there a Nobel prize in mathematics? Answer to follow in a later post.
3 posted on 04/14/2003 9:15:17 PM PDT by coloradan
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To: coloradan
Because there is a Fields Medal.
4 posted on 04/14/2003 9:16:11 PM PDT by Archangelsk (Big mouth frogs, the appetizer of choice for alligators.)
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To: coloradan
Doesn't directly benefit civilization.
5 posted on 04/14/2003 9:16:18 PM PDT by Krafty123
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To: longshadow; Doctor Stochastic
Pong.
6 posted on 04/14/2003 9:16:36 PM PDT by general_re (You're just jealous because the voices are talking to me....)
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To: coloradan
I thought Al Gore already solved this years ago!!
7 posted on 04/14/2003 9:17:22 PM PDT by andrew1957
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To: Archangelsk
The Nobel prize was first. Why didn't Nobel fund a mathematics prize?
8 posted on 04/14/2003 9:19:06 PM PDT by coloradan
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To: Archangelsk
Bump from someone who had to take every Calculus class twice.
9 posted on 04/14/2003 9:20:07 PM PDT by El Sordo
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To: Archangelsk
"This is one of those happy circumstances where it's going to be fun no matter what"

I wonder if Leibniz or Newton thought calculus was fun back in in the 1600's? Good article.

10 posted on 04/14/2003 9:20:30 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
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To: coloradan
Why isn't there a Nobel prize in mathematics?

Because even mathematicians haven't found out a way to bash America using only numbers?

11 posted on 04/14/2003 9:20:41 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: coloradan
Because a mathematician ran away with Nobel's wife.
12 posted on 04/14/2003 9:20:53 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Support our troops: Bring them home.)
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13 posted on 04/14/2003 9:21:13 PM PDT by ALS
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To: Mitchell
ping
14 posted on 04/14/2003 9:21:16 PM PDT by Allan
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To: AriOxman
On the contrary, math enables things like rockets, the calculation of satellite orbits, cryptography, ballistics, civil engineering, aeronautics, jet engine design, and lots of other things.
15 posted on 04/14/2003 9:21:20 PM PDT by coloradan
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To: Archangelsk
This is sirius

16 posted on 04/14/2003 9:21:46 PM PDT by ChadGore (289,233,354 people did not protest the war.)
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To: The Old Hoosier
We have a winner!!
17 posted on 04/14/2003 9:21:53 PM PDT by coloradan
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To: Archangelsk
I hate to say it, but I told you so.
18 posted on 04/14/2003 9:22:12 PM PDT by Capitalism2003
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To: AriOxman
Forget that. Neither does the Nobel Peace 'prize'.
19 posted on 04/14/2003 9:22:22 PM PDT by SAJ
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To: Captainpaintball
That is THE best reason to study math, engineering or physics. Libs can't figure out how to manipulate it.
20 posted on 04/14/2003 9:22:58 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
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