I attach below a recent off-list email from V.I. Arnold with reference
to his Lobachevsky prize of 1992 -- I asked him to clarify on this issue.
When you state that
"In 1992 the prize was awarded to A.P.NORDEN (not V.I.Arnold!)",
are you referring to the "Lobachevsky medal for outstanding achievements
in geometry", now awarded every five years by an appointed academic council
of Kazan University?... If so, I do not agree with Arnold when he remarks
that this medal "has nothing to do with the old tradition". Anyhow, it seems
that we cannot ignore the prize awarded to Vladimir Arnorld by the Russian
Academy of Sciences, in 1992, as he himself confirms below.
Could you please elaborate a bit on these TWO awards?
Many thanks!
Sincerely,
Julio GC
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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 11:14:54 +0400 (MSD)
From: Vladimir Arnold <arnold@mi.ras.ru>
To: Julio Gonzalez Cabillon <jgc@adinet.com.uy>
Subject: Re: [HM] Lobachevskii prize - some inaccuracies corrected
There are TWO prizes: I got that awarded by the Russian Academy
of Sciences, indeed in 1992. The Academy is considering it as the
continuation of the old tradition as described in the paper by Novikov
and Buchshtaber and in your letter.
As of the other prize having the same name, it is attributed by
a different committee and has nothing to do with the old tradition
as far as I know.
Best
V.Arnold
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