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This question has come up before, but never found a suitable answer -- anyone has a list of notable alumni that have participated in IMO that have gone on to do
by dannylandau 10y ago
This question has come up before, but never found a suitable answer -- anyone has a list of notable alumni that have participated in IMO that have gone on to do great things in life?
- stedalus 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_International_Mathematical_Olympiad_participants#Notable_participants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_International_Mathemat...
- aws_ls 10y agoGrigori Perelman, who became famous because of turning down the Fields Medal, including a million dollar prize, for proving the Poincare conjecture, 100 year old standing problem, despite living in near-poverty. Stuff of legends. He also figure in sibling comment list. I read a book called Perfect Rigor, in that if I remember right, he could easily solve all the seven problems. Which happens rarely. Surely a living (and also tragic) genius. I get goose bumps just by typing this comment.