Grigoriy Perelman wins Millennium Prize for Resolution of the Poincare Conjecture

[Dr. Strange]

The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI) Announces Today That Dr. Grigoriy Perelman of St. Petersburg, Russia, is the Recipient of the Millennium Prize for Resolution of the Poincare Conjecture

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI) announces today that Dr. Grigoriy Perelman of St. Petersburg, Russia, is the recipient of the Millennium Prize for resolution of the Poincare conjecture. The citation for the award reads:

The Clay Mathematics Institute hereby awards the Millennium Prize for resolution of the Poincare conjecture to Grigoriy Perelman.

The Poincare conjecture is one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems established by CMI in 2000. The Prizes were conceived to record some of the most difficult problems with which mathematicians were grappling at the turn of the second millennium; to elevate in the consciousness of the general public the fact that in mathematics, the frontier is still open and abounds in important unsolved problems; to emphasize the importance of working towards a solution of the deepest, most difficult problems; and to recognize achievement in mathematics of historical magnitude.

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James Carlson, President of CMI, said today "resolution of the Poincare conjecture by Grigoriy Perelman brings to a close the century-long quest for the solution. It is a major advance in the history of mathematics that will long be remembered."

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I almost had it solved, but I forgot to carry the two.

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. According to the Daily Mail, he's turned it down

Yeah, sorry about the source (and it should be taken with a large pinch of salt - the Mail can easily distort things), but they're the most recent news source in Google News for this:

World's cleverest man turns down $1million prize after solving one of mathematics' greatest puzzles

An impoverished Russian who has been called the world's cleverest man today said he does not need a $1million prize awarded by a prestigious American institute for solving one of the most intractable problems in mathematics.

Dr Grigory Perelman prefers to live as a recluse in his grim cockroach-infested flat in St Petersburg.

Told about the financial prize for solving the Poincare Conjecture which had confounded mathematicians for a century, he said through his closed front door: 'I don't need anything. I have all I want.'
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Four years ago, after posting his solution on the web, he failed to turn up to receive his prestigious Fields Medal from the International Mathematical Union in Madrid.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1259863/Worlds-cleverest-man-turns-1million-prize-solving-mathematics-greatest-puzzles.html