HOW TO ASSESS A MATHEMATICIAN
Dawn, 16th August 2009 Professor Philip Hall (1904 - 1982), FRS, an eminent mathematician was Sadlerian professor of Pure Mathematics at Cambridge from 1953 to 1967. In daily Telegraph it has been stated that he was the world’s leading group theorist of the 20 th century. Recipient of prestigious the Sylvester Medal of the Royal Society, the de Morgan Medal and the Larimor prize of the London Mathematical Society, he was elected Honorary Secretary and the President of the London Mathematical Society. Hall exercised a profound influence on English mathematics, and an influence which was felt throughout the mathematical world. Hall has published 40 papers in his career of 47 years. Hall’s cumulative Impact Factor, based on HEC’s criterion, is only 19.844. According to the HEC criterion for civil award of Pakistan ( Impact Factor for Tamgha-i-Imtiaz 34 – 49, Pride of Performance 50 – 99, Sitara-i-Imtiaz 100 – 1...