Laureates on Their Rolf Nevanlinna Prize and the Secrecy IMU President Shigefumi Mori

摘要

In the previous issue, I published [1] my September 28, 2017, Open Letter to All Nine Laureates of the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize: Robert Taijan, Leslie Valiant, Alexander Razborov, Avi Wigderson, Peter Shor, Madhu Sudan, Jon Kleinberg, Daniel Spielman, and Subhash Khot. I was interested in their view of the prize. It seemed to me that should they join me in calling on the Executive Committee (EC) of the International Mathematics Union (IMU) to change the prize's name, we would more likely see this happen. This is my report on all communication I have had with the laureates.