Re: Yessenin-Volpin


abo wrote:
> Rupert wrote:
> > I'm a bit puzzled. The first time I was directed to this paper
> >
> > http://www.arxiv.org/ftp/math/papers/0110/0110094.pdf
> >
> > I assumed it was the work of a crank. There seemed to be a
> > straightforward simple-minded error on pp. 11-12: the statement that
> > the equality at the bottom of page 11 would have to be S-provable.
> >
> > And yet I hear Yessenin-Volpin being discussed with apparent respect by
> > the likes of Harvey Friedman.
> >
> > Can anyone clear this up for me? Is Yessenin-Volpin a respected
> > mathematician, or not?
>
> "Yessenin-Volpin and Isles submitted a grant proposal to the U.S.
> N.S.F. in 1980. In rejecting the proposal, the judges essentially
> called Yessenin-Volpin a charlatan." (Henry Flynt)

Where does he work?

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