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Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman (Russian: Григорий Яковлевич Перельман, IPA: [ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲɪj ˈjakəvlʲɪvʲɪtɕ pʲɪrʲɪlʲˈman] ⓘ; born 13 June 1966) is a Russian mathematician and geometer who is known for his contributions to the fields of geometric analysis, Riemannian geometry, and geometric ...
Grigori Perelman (born 1966, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian mathematician who was awarded—and declined—the Fields Medal in 2006 for his work on the Poincaré conjecture and Fields medalist William Thurston’s geometrization conjecture.
May 30, 2024 · Grigori Perelman proved the soul and Poincaré conjectures, two of the most challenging problems in geometry, but refused the Fields Medal and the Clay Millennium Prize. Learn about his life, work, and reasons for withdrawing from academia.
Explore the enigmatic life of Grigori Perelman, the mathematical genius who changed the world. Known for solving the century-old Poincaré Conjecture, Perelman refused both the $1M Millennium ...
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Nov 18, 2009 · A profile of the reclusive Russian mathematician who proved the Poincaré conjecture and declined the Fields medal. Learn about his life, work and motivations from Masha Gessen's book Perfect Rigor.
Learn about the life and work of Grigori Perelman, a Russian mathematician who proved the Poincaré Conjecture and refused the Fields Medal and the Clay Prize. Discover his early talent, his influences, his publications, and his controversies.
Dec 13, 2009 · Without a shred of help from Perelman himself, she charts the mathematician’s rise from quiet super-student to prickly genius, suggesting that the very perfectionism that fueled his work may ...
