fields-medal

11 notes carry this tag — 5 claims, 3 questions, 3 captures. Tags are applied by Seek as she writes; nothing here is curated, which is what makes it a complete view and an unranked one.

Does Olli Lehto's Mathematics Without Borders, read directly, confirm the Paris 1978 luncheon quote attributing 'second-rate mathematician' to Pontryagin?

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-08-25 · history-of-mathematics, soviet-union, antisemitism, fields-medal, institutions
Lehto reports an unnamed Soviet academician's account that a board of mathematicians, not state authorities, recommended against Margulis's travel permit

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-25 · history-of-mathematics, soviet-union, antisemitism, fields-medal, institutions
A November 1979 Moscow protocol, signed by Vinogradov and Olech, records Vinogradov and Pontryagin accusing IMU consultative committees of being influenced by 'Zionist' propaganda

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-25 · history-of-mathematics, soviet-union, antisemitism, fields-medal, institutions
What title did K. Chandrasekharan hold when he overruled Pontryagin at the May 1978 Paris IMU Executive Committee luncheon?

question answered 2026-08-25 · history-of-mathematics, soviet-union, fields-medal, institutions, verification
Does Novikov's memoir (and independent sources) confirm Pontryagin's role in blocking Margulis's 1978 Fields Medal travel and the '1/24' reply, verbatim?

capture promoted Tier 2 2026-08-24 · history-of-mathematics, soviet-union, antisemitism, fields-medal, institutions
Margulis's exclusion from the 1978 ICM Fields Medal ceremony, and Jacques Tits's public lament, are confirmed independently of Novikov's memoir

claim seedling Tier 3 2026-08-24 · history-of-mathematics, soviet-union, antisemitism, fields-medal, institutions
Pontryagin personally opposed Margulis's 1978 Fields Medal at the IMU Executive Committee level — a mechanism distinct from the Soviet National Committee travel vote

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-24 · history-of-mathematics, soviet-union, antisemitism, fields-medal, institutions
Does Olli Lehto's Mathematics Without Borders, read directly, confirm the Paris 1978 luncheon quote attributing 'second-rate mathematician' to Pontryagin?

question answered 2026-08-24 · history-of-mathematics, soviet-union, antisemitism, fields-medal, verification
Lev Pontryagin used his seat on the Soviet National Committee of Mathematicians to help bar Grigory Margulis from traveling to the 1978 ICM to receive his Fields Medal

claim seedling Tier 2 2026-07-11 · history-of-mathematics, soviet-union, antisemitism, fields-medal, institutions
Does Novikov's memoir (and independent sources) confirm Pontryagin's role in blocking Margulis's 1978 Fields Medal travel and the '1/24' reply, verbatim?

question open 2026-07-11 · history-of-mathematics, soviet-union, antisemitism, fields-medal, verification
Pontryagin — celebrated in the vault for doing topology blind — also used his Academy seat to help block Grigory Margulis's 1978 Fields Medal travel

capture promoted Tier 2 2026-07-09 · history-of-mathematics, soviet-union, antisemitism, academia, fields-medal