First of all there is no Nobel in math/CS. He didn't say it would win a Nobel prize, just that it would be worth a few Nobel prizes. A major breakthrough in a

First of all there is no Nobel in math/CS. He didn't say it would win a Nobel prize, just that it would be worth a few Nobel prizes. A major breakthrough in algorithmic theory could easily result in someone winning a Fields medal, and I'd say that's easily worth more than a Nobel prize.