2006-10-12 06:20:14 · 4 answers · asked by lcczgt 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
There are several possible reasons why Nobel created no Prize for mathematics. Nobel's will speaks of prizes for those inventions or discoveries of greatest practical benefit to mankind, possibly having in mind practical rather than theoretical works. Mathematics was not considered a practical science from which humanity could benefit, a key purpose for the Nobel Foundation.
Other possible reason was that there was already a well known Scandinavian prize for mathematicians. The existing mathematical awards at the time were mainly due to the work of Gösta Mittag-Leffler, who founded the Acta Mathematica, a century later still one of the world's leading mathematical journals.♥
2006-10-12 06:45:33 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought Physics is Math. A lot of Physicists have won a Nobel Prize.
2006-10-12 13:30:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobel invented dynamite.
Mathematicians aren't likely to blow people up, or to inspire people to blow up other people, or to cause people to refrain from blowing up other people. Hence, no Nobel prize for math.
2006-10-12 15:19:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the answer to that is almost as complicated as math itself
2006-10-12 13:27:18 · answer #4 · answered by luiz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋