It's not over yet. Hopefully, Dr. Opeyemi Enoch will soon find his rightful place – the appendix of the next edition of Abdul Bangura (PhD Mathematics)'s Curry Prize winning book, "From Bones to computers"
And then there's the pecuniary itch which somehow does not seem to affect someone like Grigori Perelman : "On June 8, 2010, he did not attend a ceremony in his honor at the Institut Océanographique, Paris to accept his $1 million prize.[31] According to Interfax, Perelman refused to accept the Millennium prize in July 2010. He considered the decision of Clay Institute unfair for not sharing the prize with Richard Hamilton,[5] and stated that "the main reason is my disagreement with the organized mathematical community. I don't like their decisions, I consider them unjust."[6]"
On Thursday, 19 November 2015 00:40:24 UTC+1, Amiel Fagbulu wrote:
The basic truth has been expressed by those who rightly state that we hastily claim to have achieved immortality based on the mere acceptance of our works for publication. All those who referred to past experiences failed to add that even the father of Nigeria Mathematicians, Chike Obi, fell into that trap by claiming to have solved Fermat's Last Theorem. He did not, because when his work was eventually submitted to the rigor of proof it did not quite solve the theorem. That theorem was eventually solved in 1994 by Andrew Wiles. Obi's name is not even mentioned among those whose works contributed directly to the final solution of the theorem.Having said that however, it must be stated that Enoch, like Obi, does not sound like someone trying to pull wool over our faces. Like Obi, he was simply over-eager and not patient enough for his peers to crown him. Obi was a genuine genius and we are very proud of him. Enoch should wait until his work is endorsed by the rest of the world before adjusting the laurel-crown he has placed on his head. If it withers he should go back to the drawing board and continue his work. He should not be discouraged.The other petty issue of his being called a Professor should not becloud the issue here; it has taken me half my lifetime explaining to friends and others that I am far from being a Professor and still most continue to call me that. Worse and more still is the list of those who call me Chief. That is a foolish Nigerian thing, and as long as Enoch does not arrogate to himself what he is not, we should concentrate on the main issue and urge him on.AmielOn Tuesday, November 17, 2015 8:31 PM, 'Funmi Tofowomo Okelola' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafric...@googlegroups.com > wrote:
--"When push comes to shove, these "geniuses" often deny that they made such claims, that it was the Press that headlined them that way."When the so-called "Professor/Scholar" was confronted about his status and his so-called brilliancy, he stated "In California, people were calling me "Professor" and that journalist that interviewed me in the Guardian also called me a Professor. It was him, that stupid journalist. He called me a Prof." Hahahaha. Please, sorry, I had to laugh. Hahahaha. Some people are so desperate to become a Professor. What a shame! Hahaha.On Nov 17, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Mobolaji Aluko wrote:
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