Grigory Perelman turns down $1m Millenium Prize

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Submitted by Kleiba on Friday July 02, 2010 @08:21AM

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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a hero (Score:1)

by degenerativephrenolo (1002153) writes:

A true intellectual hero. I'm filled with admiration for this genius, whose values are open for all to see and emulate.

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a hero (Score:1)