There are have been equally-deserving candidates who made their contributions even before Prof Wiles did. I doubt that making the newspaper headlines is the primary, or even the secondary, criterion which the prize committee takes into consideration.
14 years, actually.
There are have been equally-deserving candidates who made their contributions even before Prof Wiles did. I doubt that making the newspaper headlines is the primary, or even the secondary, criterion which the prize committee takes into consideration.