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!"

Comments

Re:I remain skeptical

[maynard]

Yes. But how do you know any one of those steps you've taken is really correct? Whoa. That makes you think twice, doesn't it?

Re:Grigori Perelman, please give us a sign!

[Doc Ruby]

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There's nothing remotely Flamebait or Troll in that message. TrollMods spew cosmoturf to suppress discussion of growing Russian backsliding towards tyranny. Slashdot's mod system really is disgusting sometimes when it's abused by political operatives.