{"id":3056,"date":"2010-07-01T15:36:43","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T19:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.math.columbia.edu\/~woit\/wordpress\/?p=3056"},"modified":"2010-07-01T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T19:40:08","slug":"perelman-turns-down-millennium-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.math.columbia.edu\/~woit\/wordpress\/?p=3056","title":{"rendered":"Perelman Turns Down Millennium Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Clay Mathematics Institute<\/a> today announced that Perelman has turned down the one million dollar Millennium prize:<\/p>\n

On June 8-9 CMI held a conference in Paris to celebrate the resolution of the Poincar\u00e9 conjecture by Grigoriy Perelman. Dr. Perelman has subsequently informed us that he has decided not to accept the one million dollar prize. In the fall of 2010, CMI will make an announcement of how the prize money will be used to benefit mathematics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are various media stories appearing about this, based on an AP report<\/a>, with a bit more detail:<\/p>\n

\nJim Carlson, institute president, said Perelman’s decision was not a complete surprise, since he had declined some previous math prizes.<\/p>\n

Carlson said Perelman had told him by telephone last week of his decision and gave no reason. But the Interfax news agency quoted Perelman as saying he believed the prize was unfair. Perelman told Interfax he considered his contribution to solving the Poincare conjecture no greater than that of Columbia University mathematician Richard Hamilton.<\/p>\n

“To put it short, the main reason is my disagreement with the organized mathematical community,” Perelman, 43, told Interfax. “I don’t like their decisions, I consider them unjust.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Carlson said institute officials will meet this fall to decide what to do with the prize money. “We have some ideas in mind,” he said. “We want to consider that carefully and make the best use possible of the money for the benefit of mathematics.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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