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Math Genius Solves 100 Year Old Problem

18 points by agnesberthelot 15y ago

daimyoyo 15y ago
While I can applaud the purity of his dedication to mathematical research, if I were him, I'd take the money. How often will math make you a million dollars?
- shasta 15y ago
  Thank you for coming forward. It's so rare these days to run into someone who would accept a million dollars.
  - daimyoyo 15y ago
    Obvious troll is obvious.
  - 2muchcoffeeman 15y ago
    So take the money and donate it. There is a lot of good that you can do with that sort of cash. There is no moral high ground in not taking it.
- agnesberthelot 15y ago
  I definitely agree with you. To me, accepting the prize money in no way devalue the scientific achievement.
schmittz 15y ago
This article is too short to display the intricacies of what happened. For people more interested in the exact reason why he didn't accept the millennium prize from the Clay Institute and the nature of his proof to some slightly more rigorous mention (although the full proof is readily available on arXiv), please read this phenomenal piece written by The New Yorker in 2006, found here: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/08/28/060828fa_fact2 http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/08/28/060828fa_fact2
- agnesberthelot 15y ago
  Thank you for the link!
neanderdog 15y ago
class in a world bereft
rmason 15y ago
I found this guy’s story inspirational. To me the story isn’t him not taking the million dollars but that he channeled Jesus to solve the problem.
esrauch 15y ago
It would have been far more interesting if a Math Dunce had solved it.
phrotoma 15y ago
Anyone have details on the documentary? It sounds like it'll be worth a look.
elliptick 15y ago
This happened about a year ago... A big part of rejecting the prize came from his desire to have nothing to do with the math community as a whole. Accepting the prize would be acknowledging it's place in the world. "To put it short, the main reason is my disagreement with the organized mathematical community," Perelman, 43, told Interfax. "I don't like their decisions, I consider them unjust."

While I can applaud the purity of his dedication to mathematical research, if I were him, I'd take the money. How often will math make you a million dollars?

shasta 15y ago
Thank you for coming forward. It's so rare these days to run into someone who would accept a million dollars.
- daimyoyo 15y ago
  Obvious troll is obvious.
- 2muchcoffeeman 15y ago
  So take the money and donate it. There is a lot of good that you can do with that sort of cash. There is no moral high ground in not taking it.
agnesberthelot 15y ago
I definitely agree with you. To me, accepting the prize money in no way devalue the scientific achievement.

schmittz 15y ago

This article is too short to display the intricacies of what happened. For people more interested in the exact reason why he didn't accept the millennium prize from the Clay Institute and the nature of his proof to some slightly more rigorous mention (although the full proof is readily available on arXiv), please read this phenomenal piece written by The New Yorker in 2006, found here: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/08/28/060828fa_fact2 http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/08/28/060828fa_fact2

agnesberthelot 15y ago
Thank you for the link!

neanderdog 15y ago

class in a world bereft

rmason 15y ago

I found this guy’s story inspirational. To me the story isn’t him not taking the million dollars but that he channeled Jesus to solve the problem.

esrauch 15y ago

It would have been far more interesting if a Math Dunce had solved it.

phrotoma 15y ago

Anyone have details on the documentary? It sounds like it'll be worth a look.

elliptick 15y ago

This happened about a year ago... A big part of rejecting the prize came from his desire to have nothing to do with the math community as a whole. Accepting the prize would be acknowledging it's place in the world. "To put it short, the main reason is my disagreement with the organized mathematical community," Perelman, 43, told Interfax. "I don't like their decisions, I consider them unjust."