Reclusive top mathematician turns down prize, again

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  1. singapore

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    http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100702/t ... 9a08e.html

    lol. seriously, 3-4 years just to find out if a "finding" can work..

    "it asserts that any shape without a hole can be stretched or shrunk into a sphere." and this, lol i seriously wonder how the hell did he express this in maths form..

    and if i am not wrong, there are around 7 such questions out there..not 100% sure if there are related questions though.
     
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    Yeah 7 millenium prize problems. Only the poincare conjecture has been solved though.

    Most are math problems. 1 is comp sci and 2 are physics. They're all pretty unrelated since they come from different fields/branches of mathematics.
     
  3. singapore

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    oh Zer0..i wonder if already knew that or you did googled before posting..

    i think i'll go with you already knew about the 7 questions :D..



    thought this thread might generate some or at least a little bit of hype..but well, i think a mod can lock this now:)
     
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    Yeah I already knew that :p
     
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