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IlyaShpitser comments on [LINK] 2014 Fields Medals and Nevanlinna Prize anounced - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: Sarunas 13 August 2014 10:58AM

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 13 August 2014 10:07:37PM 2 points [-]

This colleague of his is a philosopher then?

Comment author: Nornagest 13 August 2014 10:10:35PM 2 points [-]

My guess would be physicist or computer scientist, or some other field that uses a lot of complicated applied math.