Riddle of the Elusive Scholar
Russian recluse-genius declines top mathematics prize
Madrid: A Russian recluse who solved a complex riddle won the mathematics world’s version of a Nobel Prize on Tuesday. But true to form, he refused to accept the honour or attend the royal awards ceremony.
Grigory Perelman, 40, was singled out for resolving Poincare’s Conjecture, which has perplexed mathematicians since it was coined by the Frenchman Henri Poincare in 1904. But he was nowhere to be seen at the 25th annual International congress of Mathematicians in Madrid where Spain’s King Juan Carlos handed out the Fields Medals to Dr. Perelman and other winners.
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Madrid: A Russian recluse who solved a complex riddle won the mathematics world’s version of a Nobel Prize on Tuesday. But true to form, he refused to accept the honour or attend the royal awards ceremony.
Grigory Perelman, 40, was singled out for resolving Poincare’s Conjecture, which has perplexed mathematicians since it was coined by the Frenchman Henri Poincare in 1904. But he was nowhere to be seen at the 25th annual International congress of Mathematicians in Madrid where Spain’s King Juan Carlos handed out the Fields Medals to Dr. Perelman and other winners.
For More Details on http://www.winentrance.com/News/Riddle-Elusive-Scholar.html
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
