Math genius who said no to US$1mill prize

bluezink

2010/03/24



Gregory Perelman




Gregory Perelman at High School

Today the Fields medal congress has started in Madrid, and theirpress service officially declared that Perelman refuses to accept hisField’s medal, an award that’s being considered as important amongmathematicians as  Nobel prize  among other scientists.
It is not known why Nobel chose not to establish a prize inMathematics, although there are several theories about the lack of one,nevertheless the  history of the Fields Medal begins in the Committeeof the International Congress set up by the University of Toronto inNovember of 1923, with the purpose of organizing the 1924 Congress tobe held in Toronto.
This decision of the bright mathematician confuses the Field’s medalcommission. They actually now don’t know to whom they can award theprize
So a few days ago there was a “Fields Medal” event, and Russian genius,Dr. Gregory Perelman, the bright mathematician who solved the “PoincareConjecture” refused his award. It’s a well known story now, beingdiscussed a lot. What is interesting – Mr. Perelman has left St.Petersburg where  he lived and worked, and nobody knows where is he.And even the national media number one, “The First Channel” could notfind him for an interview. They had to have him in the night newsregarding his unclaimed Fields Medal and another 1 million dollar prize– but nobody managed to find him. So they decided to take a picture ofthe professor from the source known for anybody now, from Internet.They dug a little and got Associated Press image that was shown ondifferent other medias. But editors in “Channel 1” decided that theexterior of the genius is not cool, they couldn’t imagine they wouldbroadcast somebody with a brilliant mind and not wearing a tie and asuit. That are the traces of the Soviet thinking, for many years peoplewere kept very strict and nothing changed now. Look what they have done:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman

ST PETERSBURG: Seorang lelaki warga Russia yang dikatakan orang paling bijak di dunia, menolak hadiah wang tunai berjumlah AS$1 juta (RM3.3 juta) yang diberikan kepadanya selepas berjaya menyelesaikan satu masalah matematik paling sukar.Akhbar Daily Mail melaporkan Dr Gregory Perelman, 44, yang tinggal di sebuah pangsapuri kecil hanya bercakap dengan pegawai yang memberitahu hadiah kemenangan dari belakang pintu pangsapuri yang tertutup. – Agensi

cmf_lie

scientist2 nie die bkn nak dihargai nga duit.....kalau org appreciate keja dernag dh ckp bagus kot...

tp kalau aku..dh rembat...hahahaha

lordvoldemort

tak cukup bayak kut, cuba offer banyak sket

mbhcsf

well it is not new  to hear a scientist  refusing the prize money awarded
same goes with those scientist circa 750 AD -  1250 AD or earlier , they in fact never  bothered  to even put their name as the person who discovered which laws because..tey just the discoverer....

bluezink

mugkindia ni genius, tapi x pandey amik kesempatan...or mayb kena simptom sakit 'monk' kot?...mmm! da dapat jawab soalan tu pun dah sgt2 puas bagi dia.

mbhcsf

sakit monk?

hmm i hope not rasputin ... hopefully not

boyak

agak2 kalau adi putra yang di offer prize tu..dia rembat tak ??

lordvoldemort

asal jenis ja hidup merempat, awat la jadi camni

mesmerize

he has jewish look

cm_gagahperkasa

ok jika pintu anda diketok org
dan dia kata anda menang RM 2 juta
apakah riaksi anda
sudah tentu andan akan kata tak maulah boleh belah

so keadaanya sama jugalah dgn sidia ni
cuba suruh polis sampaikan RM 2 juta tu
dan ada surat sokongan sudah tentu dia terima.

plasterhati

org pndai mmg pelik2...

roblucci

Orang genius mesti ada fesyen cam M.Nasir dan A.Samad Said.

1NJ3

so cool ler.. bagi soalan ni dengan nama dia.. hahaha~...

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