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| ``Re: I want to be nominated for Abel Prize''
by rspuzio on 2009-05-30 18:27:34 |
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> There are a counterexample: Perelman's work capable of
> Millenium prize (which is IMO an equivalent of Abel Prize)
> is published only on arXiv.
True, but it also needs to be mentioned that, at the time
this happened, Perelman had already established his
reputation by publishing in reputable peer-reviewed
journals as well as obtaining positions in world-renowned
research institutes. Sure, once one has a track record
of journal publications in a particular subject, many
mathematicians will take preprints by that person seriously
because they believe the person is competent but, in the
case of a relative newcomer who does not already have a big
list of journal publications, most mathematicians are likely
to be skeptical about that person's preprints and are not
likely to even look at them until they have been reviewed by
an editorial board.
> > If Victor wants an Abel prize he'll need papers published
> > in
> > the Annals of Math.
>
> What are "Annals of Math"? Is it a particular publication or
> a collective name of all math journals?
It is a particular publication.
Unless the rules for that particular prize require that the
work be published in that particular journal, I don't agree
with the statement above --- I would say that what is required
is publication in a journal generally regarded as trustworthy
and reputable. While Annals of Mathematics is such a journal,
it is by no means the only one.
Also, if your aim is to win a prize for your work, you might
want to keep in mind that the matematical community usually
tends to award recognition and prizes, not for developing
general theory, but for solving specific problems, especially
if those problems happen to be longstanding conjectures by
famous mathematicians. For instance, Perelman did not get
his prize because he developed the theory of Ricci flows, but
because he settled the Poincare conjecture. Therefore, if
your ambition is to win a prize, you might want to look for
open problems which could be done using your new techniques
and work on solving them. |
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