2006-12-25 14:36:43 · 6 answers · asked by rubbersoul 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It wasn't his wife because he was never married, but the cheating on him with the mathematician is a popular theory
for his girlfriend/fiancee/mistress. Read what I posted below.
There is no Nobel Prize for mathematics (the Fields Medal is often considered to be the equivalent in terms of prestige). A common legend states that Nobel decided against a prize in mathematics because a woman - said to be either his fiancé or mistress - rejected him for or cheated on him with a famous mathematician, often claimed to be Gösta Mittag-Leffler. There is no historical evidence to support the story, and Nobel was never married.
2006-12-25 14:46:01 · answer #1 · answered by Answerer17 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think because there is not thought to be a lot of revoultionary break throughs in math. Yes I know there is some, but by and large math is math, for the most part a static unchanging thing. 2+2=4 no matter how you slice it.
2006-12-25 22:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by krissy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because mathematics are used as formulas... such as in medicine or the E=mc^2 (Einstein's formula which name I can't remember...)sort of stuff...
Think of it as a raw material... used to get a nobel prize..
Also the Nobel is award for advances in medicine or science.. you can't "advance" mathematics.... Mathematics is a puzzle. (in a way...)
2006-12-25 22:47:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thinkbecause his wife had an affair with a mathematician!
2006-12-25 22:45:31 · answer #4 · answered by arun d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard because his wife left him for a mathematician.
2006-12-25 22:44:25 · answer #5 · answered by kirbyguy44 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you certain he didn't? I thought he did.
Who knows......
There isn't one for music. There isn't one for a lot of areas. Can't address every discipline.
2006-12-25 22:44:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋