2007-03-16 01:47:11 · 3 answers · asked by kapitan_1965 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The last I read, he still isn't interested in the million bucks. This is from his biography in Wikipedia:
Sir John Ball, president of the International Mathematical Union, approached Perelman in St. Petersburg in June 2006 to persuade him to accept the [Fields Medal, the top prize in mathematics]. After 10 hours of persuading over two days, he gave up. Two weeks later, Perelman summed up the conversation as: "He proposed to me three alternatives: accept and come; accept and don’t come, and we will send you the medal later; third, I don’t accept the prize. From the very beginning, I told him I have chosen the third one." He went on to say that the prize "was completely irrelevant for me. Everybody understood that if the proof is correct then no other recognition is needed."
Perelman is currently jobless and living with his mother. There are reports he has given up mathematics entirely.
2007-03-16 02:36:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I am not mistaken he was the guy that proved Poincare's conjecture and declined a Fields Medal.
2007-03-16 09:04:03 · answer #2 · answered by Alp Ö 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who is he?
2007-03-16 08:55:33 · answer #3 · answered by Maths Rocks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋