The Man Who Solved the $1 Million Math Problem...Then Disappeared
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Published 2024-07-23
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All Comments (21)
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" You're disturbing me. I am picking mushrooms. " -- I'm going to have to start using that one!
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He’s a math genius from his look .
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Math lovers don't betray their love
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I think he became an investigator with memory loss and his co-worker is called Kim Katsuragi
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> Grigori Perelman solve the world hardest problem > Earn $1 Million Dollar > Refuse to elaborate further > Disappeared
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This guy is a legend
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I wish I had that math brain.
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I might be mistaken, but I think that Perelman proved the 4D case. It just so happens, that a 4 dimensional sphere is called a 3-sphere in maths, such that the 0-sphere is a circle. So the n=3 case is still in 4 dimensions.
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I love this man. He’s amazing
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Great work!
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Great video! It would be nice to have one about Alexander Grothendieck too 😊
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$400 a month was a small salary even by Russian (Moscow) standards at the time. I guess he refused to jump through the usual hoops to earn more money (like teaching, administrative work or even writing grant proposals).
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Did you ask him how he solved it or what he wanted?
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Man, i read Meth Problem
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Great vídeo! I recomend you to make a video about the great mathematician Alexander Grothendieck too (who, by some accounts, was the greatest of the 20th century), who had a life very much like Gresha.
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Unfortunately, genius always approaches the border with insanity. It's why a lot of these amazingly intelligent people often have such idiosyncrasies.
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a LEGEND
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A mug with a mug with a handle has two holes though...thank you, ill take my million dollars cash please
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I've been inspired by his foolishness I would like to suggest a half million dollar award to whoever solve the problem of human foolishness
