Intrinsically Motivated Math Genius Perelman Ignores $1m Prize

A Russian math genius, and arguably the smartest man on earth, who in 2006 declined to collect the mathematical world’s equivalent of a Nobel prize [more here], has done it again. After solving a problem which could not be solved over the past 1,000 years, yesterday afternoon Grigory Perelman “did […]

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