TIL about Grigory Perelman, the maths genius who said no to $1m

Perelman cracks a century-old conundrum, refuses the reward, and barricades himself in his flat

Edges 17 points 8 days ago

Sounds like we should leave the guy alone

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Maeve 3 points 8 days ago

The article is better. "Perestroika" was a gut-punch.

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melfie 3 points 8 days ago

Looks like this article is from 2010 and it doesn’t sound like anything changed in the last 16 years according to Wikipedia at least: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman.

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DupaCycki 0 points 8 days ago

Don't have to be a math genius to say no to the literal smallest number. At least give me 2.

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apfelwoiSchoppen 1 point 8 days ago

You're not good at maths. QED

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