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Russian maths star shuns eye surgery for mother: officials

Russian maths genius Grigori Perelman, who famously turned down a $1 million prize last year, now appears to be refusing free eye surgery for his mother.

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created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Russian mathematician rejects $1 million prize

(AP) -- He said nyet to $1 million. Grigory Perelman, a reclusive Russian mathematics genius who made headlines earlier this year for not immediately embracing a lucrative math prize, has decided to decline ...

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created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (30) | comments 13

'Nyet' to $1 million? Math genius may reject award

(AP) -- Who doesn't want to be a millionaire? Maybe a 43-year-old unemployed bachelor who lives with his elderly mother in Russia - and who won $1 million for solving a problem that has stumped mathematicians ...

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arXiv online scientific repository hits milestone

Reinforcing its place in the scientific community, the arXiv repository at Cornell University Library reached a new milestone in October 2008: Half a million e-print postings -- research articles published ...

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created Oct 09, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Stephen Smale awarded Wolf Prize in mathematics

Stephen Smale, a Fields Medalist and a major contributor to many fields of mathematics, has received the prestigous Wolf Foundation Prize in Mathematics. Smale proved, among other things, that a sphere can be turned inside ...

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created Jan 22, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Russian mathematician wins science award

A Russian mathematician's solution to a 100-year-old math puzzle was voted Breakthrough of the Year by Science, a leading scientific journal.

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created Dec 22, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (19) | comments 0

Terence Tao, 'Mozart of Math,' Is UCLA's First Mathematician Awarded the 'Nobel Prize in Mathematics'

Terence Tao became the first mathematics professor in UCLA history to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal, often described as the "Nobel Prize in mathematics," during the opening ceremony of the International ...

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