<p>The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI), Cambridge, has announced that Perelman – who refused to accept Field’s Medal, considered to be the Nobel Prize for mathematicians – was awarded the Millennium Prize for solving the conjecture, theorised by the French mathematician Henri Poincare in 1904.<br /><br />Related to understanding of three-dimensional shapes, the conjecture remains at one of the fundamental building blocks of human knowledge. <br />With the cracking of Poincare conjecture, the list of the Millennium problems has now been pruned to six from the original tally of seven. <br /><br />At the turn of the millennium, the Clay institute came out with a list of seven mathematical problems that lie at the core of human knowledge. A correct solution to any of the problems will result in a $1,000,000 prize (known as Millennium Prize) being awarded by the institute.<br /><br />Some of the problems like Poincare conjecture and Reimann Hypothesis are pristine that many academics feel if mankind ever has any interaction with intellectually advanced extra-terrestrials, the ETs must be given these problems to gauge the knowledge level of the human race. <br /><br />All of these problems are around for sometime and continued to keep mathematicians from all over the world busy as only the Poincaré conjecture has been solved, by “Grisha” Perelman.<br /><br />In 2006, the Russian mathematician who studied at Leningrad State University published submitted his proof to the institute, which took four years to review the Perelman proof before making the announcement. <br /><br />In the meantime, he was offered the Field’s medal, but refused reportedly because of some his own ideas about the mathematical community. <br />CMI president James Carlson said, “Resolution of the Poincaré conjecture by Grigoriy Perelman brings to a close the century-long quest for the solution. It is a major advancement in the history of mathematics that will long be remembered.”<br />DH News Service</p>
<p>The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI), Cambridge, has announced that Perelman – who refused to accept Field’s Medal, considered to be the Nobel Prize for mathematicians – was awarded the Millennium Prize for solving the conjecture, theorised by the French mathematician Henri Poincare in 1904.<br /><br />Related to understanding of three-dimensional shapes, the conjecture remains at one of the fundamental building blocks of human knowledge. <br />With the cracking of Poincare conjecture, the list of the Millennium problems has now been pruned to six from the original tally of seven. <br /><br />At the turn of the millennium, the Clay institute came out with a list of seven mathematical problems that lie at the core of human knowledge. A correct solution to any of the problems will result in a $1,000,000 prize (known as Millennium Prize) being awarded by the institute.<br /><br />Some of the problems like Poincare conjecture and Reimann Hypothesis are pristine that many academics feel if mankind ever has any interaction with intellectually advanced extra-terrestrials, the ETs must be given these problems to gauge the knowledge level of the human race. <br /><br />All of these problems are around for sometime and continued to keep mathematicians from all over the world busy as only the Poincaré conjecture has been solved, by “Grisha” Perelman.<br /><br />In 2006, the Russian mathematician who studied at Leningrad State University published submitted his proof to the institute, which took four years to review the Perelman proof before making the announcement. <br /><br />In the meantime, he was offered the Field’s medal, but refused reportedly because of some his own ideas about the mathematical community. <br />CMI president James Carlson said, “Resolution of the Poincaré conjecture by Grigoriy Perelman brings to a close the century-long quest for the solution. It is a major advancement in the history of mathematics that will long be remembered.”<br />DH News Service</p>
