"maybe the Fields medal should just lose its age restriction" I agree completely. The IMU should take a page from other academies and have prizes for lifetime

"maybe the Fields medal should just lose its age restriction" I agree completely. The IMU should take a page from other academies and have prizes for lifetime accomplishments, substantial contributions during a year or some other period, and then maybe a more minor prize for new and upcoming mathematicians. The restriction that the Fields can only be awarded to a person once is equally arbitrary and needing to change. It particularly bothers me how the age 40 restriction puts women mathematicians who would like to have children at a disadvantage.