Reclusive top mathematician turns down prize, again

Yahoo News ^ | 2 July, 2010

[Errant]

Reclusive Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman, who MOSCOW (AFP) – Reclusive Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman, who shot to global fame after claiming to solve the seemingly intractable Poincare conjecture, has refused another prize for the achievement.

The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI) said Thursday that Perelman informed the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based research center that he would not accept its million-dollar prize.

"I have turned down (the award)," Perelman told the Interfax news agency by telephone. "The main reason is disagreement with the organised mathematics community. I do not like their decisions, I consider them unfair."

"I think that the contribution of American mathematician (Richard) Hamilton in solving this problem is no less than mine."

[pepsi_junkie]

I don't have my glasses on so I misread it. Old eyes! If Obama had his way, he'd get rid of me - euthanasia.

You have bad eyes because you spent your youth in Asia? I'm not sure I follow... let me adjust the zoom level... ahhh, that's better. Let's see... Oh! I get it! Hah, yes, Obama's health goons might come for you!

Oh crap, I've just outted myself as not physically perfect. I'm next! Someone hide me!

[SunkenCiv]

thanks Errant.

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[sourcery]

Initially, I misread the headline as "Recursive Top Mathematician..." :-)

[Paradox]

Recursive

In that case, he should take all the prize money, and give away half to Grigory Perelman :)