Grigory Perelman Turns Down $1M Millennium Prize

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."

So...

[dangitman]

If that million dollars is just sitting around doing nothing, can I please have it instead? I'm pretty good at adding.

Re:Again?

[Anonymous Coward]

he's got 99 problems but the poincare conjecture aint one

Re:he did it because

[emudoug42]

yeah, earthly indulgences are wicked sweet. You could buy a lot of waffle mix with one million dollars. about 592,000 lbs of waffle mix.

Re:Why

[abbynormal brain]

Because this guy believes that most advancements in science are cooperative efforts, and that recognizing individuals for merely putting the last piece in the jigsaw puzzle is intellectually dishonest

No, no, no, no, no. You got it all wrong. Please don't paint this with your opinionated brush about intellectual honesty.
It's simple. What USE does he have for money in the 8th dimension?! (It's pronounced Big-boo-TAY)

Millennium, not Millenium.

[Anonymous Coward]

Millennium. Two Ns. From Latin "mille", thousand, and "annus", year. A thousand years.
If you write it with only one N, it would be derived from mille and anus, which would be "a thousand assholes".

Re:Why

[Profane MuthaFucka]

Yes, but to be fair, this time they offered the prize to the OTHER eyebrow.

Re:Why

[bonch]

So the guy should donate it back. This isn't hard to figure out.

Re:Why

[Anonymous Coward]

Taking from one Charity and giving to another Charity? Now that is just sick.

Obviously you are not the US President.

He can now answer another famous question -

[RevWaldo]

"If you're so smart, why ain't you rich?"

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Re:A true mathmetician

[TheVelvetFlamebait]

A true mathmetician ... There aren't too many of 'em left out there.

*facepalm*

Re:Millennium, not Millenium.

[Anonymous Coward]

If you write it with only one N, it would be derived from mille and anus, which would be "a thousand assholes".

...which, incidentally, is the prize for excellence in management.

Re:Jerk

[oldhack]

Shut up, twat.

Re:Why

[jlp2097]

He should be honored and respected for his actions, not called abnormal.

Yeah we should give him a prize or sth. Oh, wait...

Perhaps a modest change to his M.O. would do -

[RevWaldo]

Narrator: Meanwhile, at the International Conference of Mathematics...

(In a oak-walled conference room, about two dozen bearded and bespeckled men gathered around a long table, cluttered with papers, a large blackboard on the wall full of figures, cross-outs and erase marks. The man at the center of the table stands from his chair and wearily proclaims:)

Conference Leader: Well, gentlemen, I fear a solution to the Riemann hypothesis eludes us once again...

(Suddenly, a masked man bursts through the conference room doors.)

All: It's the Lone Mathematician!

LM: Gentlemen, I believe this is what you're looking for! (Slaps a paper on the desk. They all look down at it, then look up astonished)

All: A solution to the Riemann hypothesis! BUT HOW!?

CL (holding up the paper): So elegant and precise, and yet so simple! You're a man of true genius!

LM: I'm merely standing on the shoulders of giants, gentlemen.

(The Lone Mathematician gracefully leaps onto a nearby windowsill and steps out. They all run to the window and look down, seeing that he has jumped onto the back of a horse in the courtyard.)

LM (riding off): Hi Ho Sliderule, Away!!

CL: Who was that masked man? I wanted to thank him...

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Re:Why

[laejoh]

Maybe he wants euros instead?

Re:Why

[RivenAleem]

I bet he'd love a calculator.