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[avip3d]

Why does it fall under physics and not under mathematics?

[lucasban → avip3d]

There isn’t a Nobel prize for mathematics. There is the Fields medal but it is different, and not handled by the same organization.

[gweinberg → lucasban]

True, but that's not a very good reason for giving a Nobel Prize in Physics to something that isn't physics. I think the standard way of giving a Nobel Prize to mathematicians is to call it economics.

[uoaei → avip3d]

There is no Nobel Prize in Mathematics.

[AceJohnny2 → avip3d]

the Nobel Prize doesn't do mathematics.

[dredmorbius → AceJohnny2]

Further: the "Nobel equivalent" maths prize is the Fields Medal:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal>