I am rather pessimistic too. Actually, I believe that up to 1986 the Fields medals were always awarded to deserving people, although not to all deserving people. Faddeev personally messed up the whole thing in 1990. By 2002 the system managed to recover, almost. One outstanding candidate was not awarded a medal because his birthday was 3 week earlier than allowed by the rules formally adopted in 1994. This year is a total disaster. In addition to the Perelman farce, they awarded a medal for the ideas of that passed over in 2002 candidate to another guy, with incomparably less original contributions, but younger.
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Date: 2006-10-17 08:42 pm (UTC)