Talk:John Forbes Nash Jr./Archive 2

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Recommendation Letter

FB has a scan of the recommendation letter: https://www.facebook.com/PrincetonU/photos/a.402851790773.195866.18058830773/10153451228495774/?type=1&theater It says "He is a mathematical genius". I can not edit the text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.172.168.157 (talk) 15:29, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

It can also be found at Princeton [1], p. 23. Unfortunate that all the secondary sources I've seen misquote and over-simplify the letter. -- ke4roh (talk) 15:56, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is mentioned in the article, but the citation given does nothing to support its inclusion. I keep trying to mark it as a failed verification, but someone keeps changing it back. Can we either delete that part or find a new source that actually has the pertinent information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:641:200:2720:0:0:0:3 (talk) 21:53, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for using the talk page. (That wasn't so hard, was it?) Technically, you should not have reinserted the tag without consensus, but never mind. The reference says:

Nash has not had an episode for many years, but his son has been ill. "He has a mental problem. I'm not sure that the word schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder . . . there's truly a spectrum. There's two ends and a roadway between them. And some of the same medicines may be similarly effective in either categories."

The sentence you keep tagging reads: "He did not draw a categorical distinction between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder." I think the quote is a bit ambiguous, in part due to the ellipsis, but I think it tends to support his not drawing a categorical distinction between the two disorders. You clearly disagree. Why? Rivertorch^FIRE _WATER 03:01, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

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Legacy

I thought a legacy is something that happens after death. the two examples given are both much earlier. I dont think thes are legacy, while his true is completely missing 47.71.2.160 (talk) 09:08, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

A legacy is what remains after death. Limit-theorem (talk) 10:35, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Possible addition in the Wikipedia page of John Nash

I read in a few places that John F. Nash had (practically) completed the preparation of an Edited volume on Open Problems in Mathematics and he was working on it with a young researcher at Princeton (Michael Th. Rassias) up until his death. The volume was published later by Springer. There is relevant information in the Wikipedia page:

https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Open_Problems_in_Mathematics

After acquiring the book I saw that its Preface (signed in handwritten form!) by Nash and Rassias has some very interesting views on the subject matter (open problems).

Shouldn't there possibly be some mention on Nash's last publication project regarding Open Problems in Mathematics that captured his attention on his Wikipedia profile? This seems to be the very last project he was working on up until his tragic demise. There was also some media coverage on it. Cf.:

https://www.nj.com/education/2016/07/math_mysteries_book_marks_last_chapter_for_a_beautiful_mind_whiz_john_nash.html

https://www.princeton.edu/news/2015/05/27/tragic-meaningful-life-legendary-princeton-mathematician-john-nash-dies

--PeterMath1729 (talk) 09:17, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Russell Crowe edit warring

IP editor, please do not add and re-insert verbiage about acting awards that Russell Crowe was nominated for but did not win in the Legacy section. You have been reverted several times for this.--FeralOink (talk) 13:48, 29 December 2021 (UTC)