Draft talk:Inna Capdeboscq
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Is "an author of the second-generation proof" above the bar for notability?
[edit]Thanks for the help @Dan arndt. Before I try to fix the draft, I have some questions.
First, is being an author of the second-generation proof of the CFCG above the bar for notability? It's one of the most significant theorems in mathematics. Moreover, as discussed here, much knowledge of the original proof was passed around without being formally written down (as is sometimes the case among professional mathematicians, see also here for discussion). So, this project seems very significant.
Second, I am confused about which urls suffice for citations of information for academics. For instance, Math Genealogy and departmental homepages seem to suffice on many other mathematicians, e.g., the other living authors of the second-generation proof: Ronald Solomon and Richard Lyons (mathematician) (who contain links to this page that I did not add, though I am not sure if that was automatic).
Third, one can verify that Inna Capdeboscq was not publishing in the first-generation of the proof of the CFCG based on her age and year of graduation, and that Ronald Soloman and Richard Lyons and Daniel Gorenstein were part of the first-generation by a quick glance at their own Wikipedia pages. Is this insufficient verification?
4Aleph4Omega4 (talk) 06:37, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Submitted
[edit]I worked on it more and I felt it was time to submit. I did not receive answers to my specific questions above though, so if anyone can tag me here to let me know of any specific feedback that would be great.
Re-submitted.
[edit]I'm trying this again, with improvements from others. In particular, the concern of bare links and reliance on source material is no-longer relevant.
I strongly believe that working on modern versions of the proof of the classification of finite simple groups is above the bar for Wikipedia's notability. As covered in the Classification of finite simple groups article, the history of this result is tenuous and noteworthy. Moreover, Inna is on the Editorial Board of a major journal in algebra.