Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize

Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by markhollis on Friday September 11, 2020 @09:44AM (#24442700)

I wonder how prize winners feel about such huge sums of money. Especially that very succesful people who win such prizes tend to win multiple prizes.

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Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by foota on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:22AM (#24443143)

Some don't seem to care, which makes sense to me. It's not like people go into research math for the money. Andrew Wiles gave up their prize for the Fermat's last theorem.

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Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by psychometry on Friday September 11, 2020 @09:58AM (#24442883)

Also, what does a tenured professor of mathematics do with such a sum other than spend it on himself? It's not like he's going to build out a lab and hire a bunch of research staff.

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Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by komali2 on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:21AM (#24443132)

He's renting right now so him and his wife are going to buy a house.

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Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by doovd on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:34AM (#24443254)

Nice, he can get a shed in South Kensington now. Nice and close to Imperial.

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Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by IshKebab on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:43AM (#24443354)

We don't really have tenure like in America.

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Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by xiaodai on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:52AM (#24443455)

Interesting perspective. I guesss you can ask Roger Federer at his prime and other tennis players.

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