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Completely inaccurate title. The article itself states: "The Clay Institute did not say whether the Russian mathematician agreed to accept his prize." It does
by daeken 17y ago
Completely inaccurate title. The article itself states: "The Clay Institute did not say whether the Russian mathematician agreed to accept his prize."
It does say "Russian news agencies say that Perelman showed absolutely no interest in his latest prize - $1 million – from the Clay Institute.", but that's not the same as him turning it down.
- vgurgov 17y agoconfirming. at this moment its still unclear if he will take money. my bet - he just dont care about any money and awards he is getting. disclaimer - i am not a friend of him but graduated at same university and saw him few times there. he is typical "out of this universe math geek" type of person
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- VMG 17y agoLook at his thumb - he really doesn't cut his fingernail
- ableal 17y agoLost in translation, apparently. The original russian title, http://www.pravda.ru/science/19-03-2010/1023431-perelman-0/ http://www.pravda.ru/science/19-03-2010/1023431-perelman-0/ , says Российский математик может отказаться от премии в миллион долларов which http://translate.google.com/ http://translate.google.com/ gives as "Russia mathematician may refuse the prize of one million dollars" Not quite the "Strange Russian Genius Declines Million-Dollar Prize from USA" in the linked page. (However, "does not accept" would be accurate - misleading, but accurate ...) P.S. had to hunt a bit for the original, because the English version is under 'society', instead of the original 'science'. That may tell much ...