Perelman
A Russian mathematician known for proving the Poincaré conjecture. He declined both the Fields Medal and the Millennium Prize money.
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Timeline (last 90 days)
To date, only Perelman solved the Poincaré Conjecture in 2003, and he himself declined the prize money.
Perelman published his proof of the Poincaré conjecture on arXiv between 2002 and 2003, and the Clay Mathematics Institute did not formally announce the award until 2010.
Perelman uploaded three papers to the arXiv preprint server between 2002 and 2003 to prove the Poincaré conjecture, and it took approximately four years for teams including Cao Huai-Dong, Zhu Xiping, Kleiner, Lott, Morgan, and Tian Gang to finally confirm its correctness.
Perelman declined the 2006 Fields Medal and the one-million-dollar prize awarded by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2010.
The Poincaré conjecture was proved by Perelman in 2006.
Of the seven Millennium Prize Problems, only the Poincaré conjecture was proved, by Grigori Perelman in 2003, and he declined the prize money.
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Of the seven Millennium Prize Problems, only the Poincaré conjecture was proved, by Grigori Perelman in 2003, and he declined the prize money.
90%UnverifiedTo date, only Perelman solved the Poincaré Conjecture in 2003, and he himself declined the prize money.
50%UnverifiedPerelman published his proof of the Poincaré conjecture on arXiv between 2002 and 2003, and the Clay Mathematics Institute did not formally announce the award until 2010.
50%UnverifiedPerelman uploaded three papers to the arXiv preprint server between 2002 and 2003 to prove the Poincaré conjecture, and it took approximately four years for teams including Cao Huai-Dong, Zhu Xiping, Kleiner, Lott, Morgan, and Tian Gang to finally confirm its correctness.
50%UnverifiedPerelman declined the 2006 Fields Medal and the one-million-dollar prize awarded by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2010.
50%UnverifiedThe Poincaré conjecture was proved by Perelman in 2006.
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