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Poincare Conjecture Proof Completed
Flamerule writes "A New York Times article has finally provided an update on the status of Grigori Perelman's 2003 rough proof of the Poincaré Conjecture. 3 years ago, Perelman published several papers online explaining his idea for proving the conjecture, but after giving lectures at MIT and several other schools (covered on Slashdot) he returned to Russia, where he's remained silent since. Now, mathematicians in the US and elsewhere have finally finished going over his work and have produced several papers, totaling 1000 pages, that give step-by-step, complete proofs of the conjecture. In addition to winning some or all of the $1,000,000 Millennium Prize, Perelman now seems to be the favorite to receive a Fields Medal at the International Mathematics Union meeting next week, but it's not clear that he'll even show up!"
$1,000,000, 1,000 pages, those numbers are apprpriately round for the occasion.
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wait! Don't dung beetles roll their dung into balls? And what does that make it? A sphere! There's some connection here, I swear. Whoa...
Haha.. oh that's rich. "Please Mr. Perelman--flee from the military-industrial complex. Come to a sanctum of human rights and democracy. Come to ... [wait for it] ... America!"
The reason they can't find him in Russia is because he's already living in Sweden.
I think there is a world market for maybe five personal web logs.
Oh no, not in Sweden! We should send a rescue party before the socialists and insane feminists get to him. He may be taxed to death!
i keep asking for a "Tragic" modifier, but i can't decide whether it would be +1 or -1.
i speak for myself and those who like what i say.
(forgive me)
In Soviet Russia, mathematics teaches you.
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