Fields Medals awarded, reclusive Russian refuses Math 'Nobel' Prize

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"Grigory Perelman, a reclusive Russian mathematician who solved a key piece in a century-old puzzle known as the Poincaré conjecture, was one of four mathematicians awarded the Fields Medal yesterday.

But as with previous honors, Dr. Perelman refused to accept this one, and he did not attend the ceremonies at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/23/science/23math.html?ref=world

Another Fields medalist, 31 year old Australian-born Terence Tao is a genius who finished his PhD by age 21 and became a full-professor at UCLA at age 24!! His IQ has been estimated at 220, btw.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20876,20219438-28737,00.html

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1. Steven Colbert is very upset he didn't win, for he has done donut math

as well.

:rofl:

He did a hilarious segment on this last night.

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3. 'donut math'? LOL

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[Crankie Avalon]

2. Accepting on behalf of the reclusive Russian...George W, Bush!

"Gregory-whatzisname couldn't be here, today...too far for him, I reckon...that's cuz Russia's big...China's big..."