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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by tragiclos on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @11:28PM (#22941808)
There is no such thing as a Nobel prize for math.
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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by touktouk on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @02:38PM (#22948758)
The strongest plausible interpretation of what the previous comment said is that it refers to the Fields medal, which has been described as the mathematician's Nobel Prize [0]. Assume good faith.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal, second paragraph

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