Chinese Mathematicians Prove Poincare Conjecture

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday June 4, 2006 @08:29PM 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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Re:Dear God by iBod · 2006-06-04 22:43 · Score: 1, Troll

Typical Slashot arrogance.

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The Cube by Frightening · 2006-06-05 01:17 · Score: 0, Troll

I've been staring at a cube for a half-hour now and I can't for the life of me find a hole. Can somebody please explain why my cube has no holes? Does your cube have a hole? Someone please show me the hole!!

Wait, that came out all wrong.