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Grigory Perelman Turns Down $1M Millennium Prize

Posted by kdawson on from the can't-buy-me-love dept.

Kleiba writes "After turning down the prestigious Field Medal in 2006 for his contributions to mathematics, the reclusive Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman announced yesterday that he is rejecting a $1 million Millennium Prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute for solving the Poincare conjecture."

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  1. The least he should have done... by Nadaka · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Would be to have selected an appropriate charity to receive the award on his behalf.

  2. Aid Society! by cadience · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Accept prize
    2. Create trust fund or some other fancy-smancy-thingy with the money.(or, go straight to step 3)
    3. Make the money available for the pursuit of mathematics knowledge.
    4 Profit! (of world knowledge - improvements of collaboration, etc.)

  3. I know how to solve this problem. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    On his behalf, I accept the money.

    For solving this problem, I will gladly accept any additional prize money.

  4. Donate it? by DavidD_CA · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I haven't RTFM, but couldn't he have taken the money and donated it to further advance math?

    Give it to some school or program for children? Or started a non-profit of his own with some good seed money?

    I dunno.

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    -David
  5. Re:boo hoo... cry babies by Stumbles · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Thanks for supporting my point that they are self absorbed cry babies that will ignore a mathematical proof because you did not follow their procedures.

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    My karma is not a Chameleon.
  6. Aspergers? by slagell · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maybe he just has Aspergers like half the great mathematicians and doesn't want to go to an ceremony or talk to any people.