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- From: len@schur.math.nwu.edu (Len Evens)
- Subject: Re: Fields Medal Winners
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- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 15:09:18 GMT
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- In article <erwin.726504145@trwacs> erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin) writes:
- >At one time, I was under the impression that Bott and Artin had won the
- >Fields Medal. It seems I'm wrong. Can someone confirm or deny?
- >
- >This impression is associated with one of those stories. I understand
- >Artin, Atiyah, and Bott were the first three at the math tripos one year
- >at Oxford (1950?). Apparently it made quite an impression.
- >
- >Cheers,
- >--
- >Harry Erwin
- >Internet: erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com
- >
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- Emil Artin was a famous mathematician, probably in his 40's, and a
- professor at Princeton in 1950. Michael Artin was approximately
- 17 in 1950 and a high school student in the U.S. I don't know where
- Bott was in 1950, but I would be extremely surprised to learn he
- was at Oxford.
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- Leonard Evens len@math.nwu.edu 708-491-5537
- Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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