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Fractioning the prize off to me seems silly. A half, a quarter, and a quarter. Why not just have three winners? Is this purely to deal with prize money distribution? Surely there's a more elegant solution.


It is according to Alfred Nobels' will. It can not be divided further than half and half of one half.


Not true.

Many times it's divides in thirds.

Here it wasn't because someone (in my opinion correctly) decided Kosterlitz and Thouless deserved less money.


Sometimes it's divided in thirds. Here it was decided to go the other route 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/4




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