Perfect rigor
About this book
A sociological and anthropological biography of Grigori Perelman, a Russian mathematician who proved Poincare's Conjecture, becoming the first person to win a million-dollar prize (which he refused to accept) from by the Clay Mathematical Institute for solving one of their Millennium Problems.
Details
- First published
- 2009
- OL Work ID
- OL2629069W
Subjects
Mathematicians, biographyPoincare conjectureMathematiciansPoincaré conjectureBiographyPerelman, Grigori, -- 1966-Mathematicians -- Russia (Federation) -- BiographyNew York Times reviewedMathematics -- FormulaeMathematicians -- Russia -- BiographyPerelman, Grigori, -- 1966Poincare conjecturePoincař conjectureRussia (federation), biography