they better still credit him though even if he doesn’t accept.
Does that look like a person who cares for independence or to resituate him into “normal” society? I think he’s just content.
It would probably make him retarded, utterly retarded.
The thin veil between pure genius and insanity is always fascinating. When one’s knowledge is so vast or extremely polarized it alters their perspective on life and its various quandaries. Nikola Tesla, for example, made hundreds of inventions and only patented a relative few, the rest he made for mankind. Women adored him and he rejected all their advances, he ate alone and was a germaphobe, and died a virgin. His life was completely focused on his work and little else.
So it just seems to attain pure genius and not just high cognition takes a lot of the brain’s resources or forces it to be wired in a particular way.
Everything is little bit of give and take.
Not sure about Bar Exam, but the top 3 majors who score highest on the LSAT are 1.math, 2. philosophy 3.can’t recall.
This survey says that mathematicians really like their job and get paid pretty good http://www.careercast.com/jobs/content/JobsRated_Top200Jobs
Also, this math genius, when he attempted the proof he was uploading it for free online, he never cared about getting it copywritten or anything. And it wasn’t purely** his **work, he had to use tools that other mathematicians created, he doesn’t believe that it was solved purely by him, he used the theorems of tons of other guys…so he doesn’t believe 1 person deserves all the credit.
I love this quote rofl
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‘You are disturbing me. I am picking mushrooms,’ -
if he is happy with his life, and has what he wants in life. what is 1 million going to do for him. just complicate more things.
This thread is hilarious, not because of the jokes (well I do like those) but people’s complete and utter serious reactions to the jokes.
This guy will be the next Perelman and solve the Riemann Hypothesis.
You fucking nerd!
It’s good that he’s bringing attention to the bureaucracy of the math world. Hollywood’s next blockbuster’s gonna be a math drama based on this guy. Bet it.
“PLEASE, GRIGORY! HELP US!”
“FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!”
They already made “A Beautiful Mind”
Where is the proof/solution? Is it still online? I’m interested to see it. I minor in math and will probably take it as a 2nd major so this stuff is interesting to me.
it will have the best one liner ever:
you’re bothering me, i am picking mushrooms
that new yorker article is making that yau guy look like the lex luthor of the maths world
http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0211159 . I don’t know if that’s the complete proof or just one of the 3 papers, but they should all be on that site. Also, not to be condescending but you’re not going to understand much of it to the point that it will be gibberish. You’d have to be a specialist in that particular area of math to make sense of it, but it is pretty cool to look at.
Tell the math community that I’ll accept the million dollars in his place. Kthx
yuuup its complete gibberish. even the wikipedia cliff notes are just a string of random words LOLLERSKATES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solution_of_the_Poincar%C3%A9_conjecture
much respect to this guy for being a genius, just wish i understood his reasoning for rejecting the award
^^^
That’s a nice link because it at least makes the solution seem understandable. Then with that false sense of security (oh, all we’re doing is tying ropes around basketballs or something?) you click on the proof and HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THIS???
I mean, I majored in math but that’s still several more years of serious study and research to understand the proof, and that’s with the benefit of having it all done already. Coming up with it is amazing, but somebody was bound(ed?)* to do it with so many mathematicians constantly hammering away at it.
*Come on people, step up your math puns!
Holy…
that guy’s like the greatest guy on earth. Move over Dos Equis man, this is the most magnificent man on earth.
Robin Williams is gonna be the co-star in it. “Good Will Hunting 2: One Problem, Two Hairy Ass Guys”. Lets sell this shit SRK. 
Either way it’s interesting to look into, whether I/we understand it or not. Besides, if I wanted to know that much more all I’d have to do is ask the math department who to talk to :tup: college is an amazing place.
Edit: This looks like it’s getting into space-time and all that fun stuff. Quantum mechanics/physics stuff.
yeah, like Hollywood wouldn’t fuck it up
GREG PERLMAN, YOU’VE BEEN HIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO SAVE THE PLANET. IN 3D SPACE.
WHY ME? I’M JUST A HIGH SCHOOL MATH PROFESSOR!
BECAUSE YOU’RE THE BEST.
BOOOOOOM
I FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM NOW GIVE ME MY MILLIONS!
YOU WERE A PAWN IN OUR GOVERNMENT COVER UP! WE NEEDED THE EQUATION 2 HACK EARTH FOR IT’S OILLLLL!
CAR CHASE THEN A CAR HITS SOMETHING AND FLIPS
THE EQUATION HAS EVOLVED AND IS SHOWCASING OBSERVABLE SENTIENT BEHAVIOR!
IN ENGLISH* PLEASE!*
THE EQUATION ISN’T JUST THE EQUATION OF 3D SPACE, IT’S TEH EQUATION OF LIFE ITSELF! IT’S A LIVING EQUATION!*** RUUUUUUN!***
SHITS FLYING EVERYWHERE WHILE THE EQUATION CHASES GREG AND THE MAIN CHARACTERS
DON’T DIE ON ME GREG! WE NEED YOU TO SAVE US! ***I ***NEED YOU TO SAVE… US. I LOVE YOU GREG!
GREG STOPS DYING AND THEY MAKE OUT WITH EXPLOSIONS IN THE BACKGROUND
GREAT WORK DESTROYING THE EQUATION, GREG. NOW WE CAN SAVE HUMANITY. YOU’VE EARNED A VACATION.
MAY I GO TO MY GARDEN NOW, SIR?
YES YOU MAY, GREG… YES… YOU… MAY…
BOOOOOOOOM!
i lolled
if i had been drinking milk it would have been coming out of my nose
Also, this guy is probably the greatest math genius ever. If he didn’t die so young, he might have been able to solve the 6th Millennium Prize Problem (Riemann Hypothesis) 80 years ago.