saden1
03-25-2010, 04:44 PM
Poincaré Conjecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9_conjecture) has been solved and the winner, Grigori Perelman, won't accept (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8585407.stm) the 1 million dollar prize that comes with solving it. This is the first Millennium Problem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Prize_Problem)ever solved...what an amazing feet.
tryfuhl
03-25-2010, 04:50 PM
Will Hunting will get the rest of them
feat*
SmootSmack
03-25-2010, 04:58 PM
Poincaré Conjecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9_conjecture) has been solved and the winner, Grigori Perelman, won't accept (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8585407.stm) the 1 million dollar prize that comes with solving it. This is the first Millennium Problem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Prize_Problem)ever solved...what an amazing feet.
Impressive accomplishment...but did you ever think you'd channel your inner firstdown :)
SmootSmack
03-25-2010, 05:00 PM
As long as we're (I'm) talking spelling, from saden's link
BBC News - Russian maths genius Perelman urged to take $1m prize (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8585407.stm)
Maths? Really? Isn't it just Math?
GMScud
03-25-2010, 05:00 PM
That is impressive. And reading about those 7 problems on the Wiki page made me feel really dumb.
tryfuhl
03-25-2010, 05:04 PM
That is impressive. And reading about those 7 problems on the Wiki page made me feel really dumb.
haha yeah, took me a few passes to get them.. to the extent that I did anyways
firstdown
03-25-2010, 05:09 PM
Impressive accomplishment...but did you ever think you'd channel your inner firstdown :)
Yea, I noticed that error myself but didn't want to say anything.
saden1
03-25-2010, 05:12 PM
Impressive accomplishment...but did you ever think you'd channel your inner firstdown :)
I have many things in common with firstdown including a long battle with dislexia.
saden1
03-25-2010, 05:14 PM
One of the smartest guys on the planet:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47531000/jpg/_47531264_perel.jpg
GMScud
03-25-2010, 05:18 PM
One of the smartest guys on the planet:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47531000/jpg/_47531264_perel.jpg
He looks like someone who has bodies chopped up in his freezer.
LOL, ya know what I just thought of- remember that thread like two years ago where we were posting funny pics (I don't think it was the happy fun thread, but I may be wrong), and someone posted that 80's pic of that chubby nerdy dude holding the computer diskette looking all proud? Man that made me laugh so hard.
A shiny nickel to anyone who can dig up that thread/pic.