The outstanding results which Nash had obtained in the course of a few years put him into contention for a 1958 Fields' Medal but since his work on parabolic and elliptic equations was still unpublished when the Committee made their decisions he did not make it.
Ang natitirang mga resulta na Nash had nakuha sa kurso ng mga ilang taon na ilagay siya sa paninindigan para sa isang 1958 Fields' medalya ngunit dahil sa kanyang trabaho sa paparabola at tambilugin equation ay na-publish pa rin kapag ang Committee na ginawa ng kanilang mga desisyon na siya ay hindi ginawa ito.