GONE D wrote:
Birkar teaches at the University of Nottingham, and is probably only barely cognizant that he's actually in northern England.
I was made aware that this is not a factual statement in the following news release, from the Minneapolis Star Tribune of August 3rd:
"A 14 carat gold medal often described as the Nobel Prize for mathematics was stolen minutes after it was awarded to a
Cambridge University professor at a ceremony in Brazil on Wednesday. Caucher Birkar, 40, a former refugee of Kurdish Iranian origin, was one of four joint recipients of the Fields Medal. Within minutes of receiving the award, Birkar noticed that his briefcase containing the gold medal, his wallet and his cellphone were missing, the newspaper O Globo reported."
My apologies.