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Man refuses a check for a million for solving one of the hardest math problems.
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RE: Man refuses a check for a million for solving one of the hardest math problems.
(March 24, 2010 at 8:52 pm)The_Flying_Skeptic Wrote: Yeah, I remember this. This is old news unless he rejected another offer.

Perelman was awarded the Millennium Prize on 18 March, 2010.

Quote: I can't remember the details of the major mathematical problem he solved. The problem had something to do with turning a donut inside out. You could at least have written about the problem he solved.

You're right I could have, but I felt too sick to do any more than copy-paste.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9_conjecture
There you go, that is the math problem.
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Leo van Miert
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RE: Man refuses a check for a million for solving one of the hardest math problems. - by leo-rcc - March 25, 2010 at 4:17 am

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