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11:35 A man of the Universe |
Russian Math genius Grigory Perelman is considered to be one of the cleverest people on the planet. Early in spring he was offered a $1 million prize for proving the Poincare conjecture but refused to take the money.
"Emptiness is everywhere and it can be calculated, which gives us a great opportunity ... I know how to control the universe. So tell me, why should I run for a million?" Perelman said in an interview.
The conjecture, first proposed by Henri Poincare in 1904, posits that the three-sphere is the only type of bounded three-dimensional space possible that contains no holes.
Perelman presented proofs on the conjecture in 2002 and 2003. Several high-profile teams of mathematicians have since verified the validity of his proof.
Earlier, in 2006, Perelman didn’t attend a congress in Madrid where he was to receive a Fields Medal, often called the Nobel Prize of mathematics.
Perelman calls himself a "man of the Universe." It is rumored that his brain is already estimated to be worth $1 million or more.
Perelman, who lives in a small apartment in St. Petersburg with his elderly mother, is unemployed and neighbors say he lives in poverty. He has rejected job offers at several top U.S. universities. |
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