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03-25-2010, 10:05 PM
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#1 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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| math genius refuses prize
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Dr Grigori Perelman, a reclusive Russian genius, is refusing to accept the prestigious $1 million "Millennium" mathematics prize awarded by the Clay Mathematics Institute in Cambridge, MA.
Perelman was awarded the prize for solving the one-hundred-year-old Poincaré conjecture, one of the most complicated mathematical problems in the world - so complex, in fact, that after Perelman posted his proofs in 2002 it took several years for other experts to confirm he was correct.
Now Perelman's refusal to accept the prize - the second prestigious prize he has refused - has led some to examine his unorthodox life and dub him "Mathsputin."
The 44-year-old Perelman currently resides with his mother and sister in his hometown of St. Petersberg, living extremely humbly. One neighbor told a Moscow newspaper, "He always wears the same tatty coat and trousers. He never cuts his nails or beard. When he walks he simply stares at the ground, rather than looking from side to side."
Another neighbor told of a time she had visited Perelman's apartment due to problems with cockroaches.
"I was once in his flat and I was astounded," she said. "He only has a table, a stool and a bed with a dirty mattress which was left by previous owners -- alcoholics who sold the flat to him."
After performing some teaching in American universities in 2003, Perelman has apparently given up on mathematics, dismayed at the intellectual and moral failings of his peers. Instead, according to reports, he likes to play table tennis against a wall in his apartment. "You are disturbing me. I am picking mushrooms," he told a journalist who managed to get in touch with him.
A number of appeals have been made to Perelman to accept the prize and give the money to charity. "Each suffering child and each mother entangled in circumstances of her life could receive help," wrote the chairwoman of one Russian children's charity.
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03-25-2010, 10:10 PM
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#2 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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hmm, genius or idiots.. i dont even know
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03-25-2010, 10:11 PM
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#3 | | In RS I Trust
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those are some wicked eyebrows
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03-25-2010, 10:16 PM
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#4 | | Ask me about how I answered the question "How fat is TOO fat?"
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Originally Posted by Greenstoner  hmm, genius or idiots.. i dont even know | you can't buy more math with money, if thats something he treasures, so be it... but... still fucking retarded, at least he would have been able to get those god damn eye brows plucked for life with $1 million
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03-25-2010, 10:21 PM
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#5 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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i don't understand why not just give the money to his friends or family or charity?
i'm sure his mother or sister would enjoy the money?
why doesn't he think of them...
but, most genius do not think like us dumb folk =/ which i guess is why they're genius ?
and it took his peers two years to confirm his work?
lol, i bet they didn't confirm shit. after the second year they were probably like.. F this.. i'm sure he's got it down. haha
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03-25-2010, 10:35 PM
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#6 | | The RS Freebie guru
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There's a fine line between genius and crazy.
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03-25-2010, 10:38 PM
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#7 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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i hate how people say that someone should donate it to charity. if the guy doesn't want to accept the prize or anything, it's his right.
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03-25-2010, 10:40 PM
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#8 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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i would like some of those mushrooms
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03-25-2010, 10:43 PM
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#9 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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cause it wasnt 3.14
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03-25-2010, 10:44 PM
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#10 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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He doesn't need to accept the money, he already made so much from the Geico ads. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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03-25-2010, 10:46 PM
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#11 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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So what was the math question?? Posted via RS Mobile | |
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03-25-2010, 10:52 PM
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#12 | | I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
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Originally Posted by RX_Renesis So what was the math question?? Posted via RS Mobile | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9_conjecture
in that page it also says he won a Fields medal but declined it as well
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03-25-2010, 11:33 PM
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#13 | | DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?
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I would like to know what type of mushrooms he's picking that makes him so damn smart
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03-26-2010, 12:00 AM
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#14 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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he sounds pretty wonky, even though hes extremely smart
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03-26-2010, 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by AVS_Racing he sounds pretty wonky, even though hes extremely smart | The line between those two traits is very thin.
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03-26-2010, 01:12 AM
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#16 | | ESKETIT
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so smart it made him crazy lol
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03-26-2010, 08:25 AM
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#17 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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mathematical badass
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03-26-2010, 08:46 AM
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#18 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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table tennis? kinda wierd?
= forest gump?
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03-26-2010, 08:50 AM
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#19 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Genius?
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03-26-2010, 09:03 AM
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smart ass
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03-26-2010, 09:09 AM
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#21 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Genius..he chooses not to live the materialistic world. To a point where we think he is crazy for being different.
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03-26-2010, 09:20 AM
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#22 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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mo money mo problems
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03-26-2010, 09:21 AM
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#23 | | Raping Captured Dolphins since 2002 on EZ board days
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How do you like em apples!
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03-26-2010, 12:48 PM
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#24 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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...papa??
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if i knew he'd have struck so much fame, i'd have charged him double for the flat!
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03-26-2010, 03:14 PM
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#25 | | I subscribe to Revscene
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so what is the question? i wanna see if i can solve and get this 1 mil.. anyone wanna help me out? we can split it.  | |
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