Talk:Russian mathematician declines Fields Medal

I'll finish this tomorrow, unless someone beats me to it...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Talk) 20:54, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"highest honor"[edit]

here's what the sources say:

Fields Medal: "widely considered to be among the top honors".
BBC: "discipline's top awards", "
New Scientist: "world’s most prestigious prize for mathematics"
Gaurdian: "discipline's most coveted prize"

Doldrums 10:58, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So, am I wrong saying it is "regarded as the highest honor in the field of mathematics."?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Talk) 13:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, according to New Scientist and Gaurdian and Maybe, according to BBC & WP. :) Doldrums 13:17, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

refuses/rejects/declines in the title[edit]

They are mostly synonymous, but the first two conote conflict with prize agency. Unless there is clear evidence that such a conflict exists, I'd prefer that that title use the more neutral declines as in Russian mathematician declines Fields Medal

Interwiki link[edit]

It would be nice if an administrator could change the French interwiki link to [[fr:Le Russe Grigori Perelman refuse la médaille Fields]] There was a mistake with his name in the old title, and the redirect has been deleted.

--Angela H. (talk) 18:32, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]