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Chinese Mathematicians Prove Poincare Conjecture

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the late-night-math dept.

Joe Lau writes to mention a story running on the Xinhua News Agency site, reporting a proof for the Poincare Conjecture in an upcoming edition of the Asian Journal of Mathematics. From the article: "A Columbia professor Richard Hamilton and a Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman have laid foundation on the latest endeavors made by the two Chinese. Prof. Hamilton completed the majority of the program and the geometrization conjecture. Yang, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in an interview with Xinhua, 'All the American, Russian and Chinese mathematicians have made indispensable contribution to the complete proof.'"

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  1. This is... by mlow82 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is one of the Millennium Prize problems! One down, seven more to go!

  2. Math isn't dead by colin353 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is another reason why math isn't dead. The world's problems aren't solved, and they aren't impossible, either.

    I was just having a conversation about this yesterday with my math teacher.

    Lots of people think that high level math is just advanced adding and subtracting.

    This is good stuff. Props to Zhu Xiping and Cao Huaidong- this shows people that a career in studying mathematics is actually an interesting and rewarding career.

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