Explained: Why is there no mathematics Nobel? The theories, the facts, the myths | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Why is there no mathematics Nobel? The theories, the facts, the myths | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Kabir Firaque |New Delhi |Updated: October 16, 2019 11:57:45 am

Explained: Why is there no mathematics Nobel? The theories, the facts, the myths

Researchers have looked for answers, and the generally accepted theory is that the idea of such a prize never occurred to Alfred Nobel.

One popular myth they discount is that Alfred Nobel disliked mathematicians because one of them had an affair with his wife — for, Nobel never married.

Every Nobel season, which has just ended with the award of the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, one question keeps popping up. Why is there no Nobel Prize for mathematics?