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RE: Man refuses a check for a million for solving one of the hardest math problems.
March 24, 2010 at 5:15 pm
He also seems to be the world's most modest and humble man. Refusing the Fields medal? Holy crap. That thing is only awarded every 4 years...
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RE: Man refuses a check for a million for solving one of the hardest math problems.
March 24, 2010 at 5:49 pm
This news is 4 years old, but I do remember reading about him in a national newspaper. The guy seems freakishly autistic but he is no doubt a genius, and humble with that !
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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
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Yeah, I remember this. This is old news unless he rejected another offer. 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.
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RE: Man refuses a check for a million for solving one of the hardest math problems.
March 29, 2010 at 5:23 pm
I think I recall a news article from a few years back, when he won the Fields medal.
He said he refused it because if he accepted it, he'd be vindicating or supporting the organization in some manner. Why he doesn't want to have anything to do with them is because for several years before, they put out publications basically claiming his method was a fraud, impossible, etc,. Only after exhaustive review did they actually award him for truly solving it.
Still, I understand his vitriol and wish for privacy. It'd be nice for them to leave him be.
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RE: Man refuses a check for a million for solving one of the hardest math problems.
March 29, 2010 at 6:54 pm
All Psychics are like this dude, that's why Randi's million dollar challenge never gets won.
True story.