> > >>> >> >> Well, it's not about the money. He can refuse the money, but still be the >> person selected to get the prize. >> > > By "this" he means the prize. Just like Perelmen. > > Nonetheless, there wasn't a "backup" Fields Medalist so, at least in principle, one could award it anyway, and then
http://www.mathunion.org/general/prizes/fields/prizewinners/ "*Grigori PERELMAN declined to accept the Fields Medal." I'm not necessarily recommending that, but again one *could* do that and it wouldn't be without precedent, to say the very least. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
