Re:Fields Medal was never meant for ‘the greatest mathematic...
by throwaway5752 on Monday July 18, 2022 @02:13AM
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Actually, it's a bit of the reverse. The Fields medal was established in 1936, Wolf in 1978, and Abel in 2003. And Wolf and Abel filled gaps that Fields left because of its restrictions. Further, the first woman to get the Fields, Maryam Mirzakhani, was only awarded in 2014 (Abel, Wolf are worse). I don't think you can look at any of these awards and address the gender inequity in mathematics, either.
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Re:Fields Medal was never meant for ‘the greatest mathematic...
by bena on Monday July 18, 2022 @08:32AM
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It kind of tracks that Abel and Wolf would trail behind Fields in that regard.
As someone noted, since Fields is for the under-40 crowd, it'll be able to draw upon female mathematicians coming up into the field. Abel and Wolf would need to draw on the larger population. And thanks to all the biases, I'd imagine the number of women get smaller as the age gets higher.
That should correct itself in time.