Comments on: Notorious Russian Math Genius Solves Impossible Henri Poincaré Problem — Refuses Money, Awards. Lives With Mom.

By: lokesh

lokesh — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:32:34 +0000

he is the real man

By: OmarTheAlien

OmarTheAlien — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:41:04 +0000

He looks a bit like Rasputin, he probably doesn’t bathe, and when I read about what he did my head hurts. I have absolutely no idea where I’m going with this, but then, how, I wonder, did he decide to do whatever this inconceivable thing (to me!) is; did he doodle a bit, forming his thoughts and theories as he went, or did he just sit down at his Mama’s kitchen table one day and start writing equations?
I do applaud his attitude toward the media, I wouldn’t mess with them, either.

By: JimJammer

JimJammer — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:27:20 +0000

Integrity vs Celebrity and Integrity wins!!!

For once!

By: RickHap

RickHap — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:08:39 +0000

2006-08-28 New Yorker Article on Grigory Perelman

By: Mike Voice

Mike Voice — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:34:29 +0000

I got a kick out of NPR’s interview with a reporter trying to interview Perelman.

The reporter was concerned that Perelman wouldn’t want to be bothered at home, so they left messages that they would like to meet with him at a nearby place at a certain time – and waited in vain.

The reporter left a copy of the book A Beautiful Mind on Perelman’s doorstep – with a note requesting a meeting – because Nash had done work in the same field Perelman was interested in. No response.

The reporter finally tried knocking on Perelman’s door – expecting his Mother to answer – only to have Perelman himself open the door. He hadn’t checked any of his messages – and hadn’t read the book about Nash – but had seen the movie.

By: sh

sh — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:24:02 +0000

Let’s all pitch in and get his eyebrows trimmed.

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:29:25 +0000

Sounds like a cool guy to me, but he should get his own appartment

By: Teyecoon

Teyecoon — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:24:50 +0000

Maybe John should sell memberships for about a grand a year to keep the rift raft out.

Is this sarcasm or do you actually fall victim to the idea that money is the dividing line between quality ideas and contributions and those that are “rift raft”? That would be ironic since this article proves just the opposite!

By: Esteban

Esteban — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:06:19 +0000

He probably turned down the prize because so people wouldn’t confuse him with Paris Hilton.

Seriously though, can you think of two people who are more different?

By: NONAME

NONAME — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:48:10 +0000

Either way, this is just a beautiful thing; more so, since he didn’t take the money. The adage “The best things in life are free” is true; not even money could buy the solution.

By: KB

KB — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:32:24 +0000

I like the way he keeps things on his own terms. He never forgets that he is the genius, it is his work, he owes others no explanations.

By: Bruce IV

Bruce IV — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:13:09 +0000

Go worktiny (7) – I agree – oops, this would be chatter surrounding the truth …

By: Max Bell

Max Bell — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:48:33 +0000

Sounds like the guy has something rarer than genius; integrity.

*Golf clap*

By: Mr. H. Fusion

Mr. H. Fusion — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:31:03 +0000

Grigory Perelman’s university job pays $300 a month, … But for a genius in the same league as Henri Poincaré, the $1 million seems deserved. So it’s perhaps no surprise that an American news service, CBS, made sure to point out that John Ball had asked Perelman if he would accept the million-dollar prize if it were offered to him. “Perelman said that if he won, he would talk to the Clay Institute.”

I have to love a guy with an attitude like that. Trying not to sound sarcastic, did he use a computer or pen and paper to figure this out?

By: woktiny

woktiny — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:25:42 +0000

Hmm, sounds like a Dvorak Uncensored reader, no?

sarcasm, right?

DU readers are quite the opposite, I’ve noticed.