Nobel Prize mystery: Why is there no award for mathematics?

Alfred Nobel’s 1895 will established prizes in physics chemistry medicine literature and peace but excluded mathematics.
A popular rumour links the omission to rivalry with Swedish mathematician Gösta Mittag-Leffler but lacks reliable historical evidence.
Nobel never married and claims linking the missing mathematics prize to romantic rivalry remain unsupported by historical evidence.
Mathematicians receive major honours including the Fields Medal every four years and the Abel Prize annually.

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