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Yau is wrong. Perelman proved it just fine. Hamilton made the plan of attack. Perelman executed it. Mere mortals could finally follow the argument, Yau & his st
by dkural 11y ago
Yau is wrong. Perelman proved it just fine. Hamilton made the plan of attack. Perelman executed it. Mere mortals could finally follow the argument, Yau & his students transparently tried to steal credit from a man who doesn't care for formal recognition.
- pathsjs 11y agoI did not check it myself, so I cannot tell, but this is what I have heard most often. Still, it was just to highlight the fact that there is a certain degree of subjectiveness when evaluating whether something constitutes a proof