Fields Medal 2010, Ngo, Villani, Lindenstrauss, Smirnov

The award of the 2010 Fields medals at the International Congress of Mathematics, Hyderbad, India 19th August 2010. For reports see http://blog.vixra.org/2010/08/19/2010-fields-medals-lindenstrauss-ngo-smirnov...

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• Fields Medal 2010
• Ngo
• Villani
• Lindenstrauss
• Smirnov

[robertace57]

Ngo Bao Chau is French. He made is works in a French Institute with French experts.

[zettavolt]

@robertace57 He has both French and Vietnamese citizenship. The French citizenship just makes it easier for him to work in Europe and US. He is currently at Princeton US. He was born Vietnamese and left only after highschool. He held a professorship in Vietnam for a while. Vietnam is right to be proud of him.

[quillendaniel]

Plus next time the guy who reads the awards should have some charisma and know how to pronounce English words.

[zettavolt]

@quillendaniel It's a mathematics conference, not the oscars :)

[Dodovrosky]

Me sentía bien con esta noticia, yo estudio en la Universidad de Ginebra que en investigadores van bien, pero en enseñanza el balance general es: no es muy buena

[skycaptain141]

these guys are badasses i love mathematics

[mphello]

I just remembered something: the Fields medal isn't that AGE-IST crap requiring a mathematician be under 40, is it? That's some other award in math, right?

[mphello]

Is there an upper and lower bound on the number of Fields medals handed out each year?

What math results follows from these medalists' work that hadn't before?

(Again, through the internet: I am NOT being sarcastic. I ask a serious question.)

[mphello]

@aritropat I am totally ignorant about politics in that area. (Seriously. I am not being sarcastic.) Who is Pratibha Patil and what has he done and not done?

[yamaha562000]

@zettavolt He wasn't at Princeton, he is currently teaching at Chicago

[Luxsword29]

@KatiushaVN4

He chose to become French, which makes makes more "French" than many of us who just happened to be born with the nationality. I think it's cool that he's got 2 nationalities. It's a pity somepeople can't seem to bear this.

[KatiushaVN4]

@Luxsword29

French my ass. He's Vietnamese citizen. Stop fooling around

[felipalillo]

Call my attention how the superpowers catch brilliant minds from other countries ...despites the differences they have. Besides, I find quite sad that such brilliant minds easily take the bait from such superpowers... knowing that they can do a lot to improve the situation in their own countries... well even knowledge succumbs to money.

[aritropat]

its a disgrace to see the highest honour in mathematics being devalued like this. I am ashamed as an Indian that these brilliant men had to receive the medal from PRATIBHA PATIL ....its shameful to even see these petty politicians on stage when the best brains on the planet are getting such a big honour.