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Grigori Perlman dropped a proof of the Poincaré conjecture with little warning.
by hiddencost 10y ago
Grigori Perlman dropped a proof of the Poincaré conjecture with little warning.
- typon 10y agoHottest mixtape of all time
- jseliger 10y agoYes. And Masha Gessen wrote an excellent book called Perfect Rigor about the proof and the man: https://jakeseliger.com/2016/11/29/perfect-rigor-a-genius-and-the-mathematical-breakthrough-of-the-century-masha-gessen https://jakeseliger.com/2016/11/29/perfect-rigor-a-genius-an.... Highly recommended.
- daxfohl 10y agoGranted he was one of the world's best two or three mathematicians at the time.