Has the Poincare Conjecture Finally Been Solved?

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Mathematicians are now saying that Grigory Perelman has really solved the conjecture and the proof will be in a paper he will post in the near future. His previous papers on this subject are in the arxiv specal topic Differential Geometry (under mathematics). Keep your eyes on this space!

 

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This story even http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/West/01/07/math.mystery.ap/index.html

Any thoughts from the number-theory experts here?

 

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Heck! Now i only have 6 problems to achieve the million of dollars.
Which I will choose? The P=NP problem? The Hodge conjecture? The Riemann hypothesis not, for sure it must the most investigated by now of the 6.
It's a pity that I don't understand completely the statement of the Poincare conjecture. It surely must be a very beautiful sensation to achieve to understand the prove of the conjecture. and I think that the prove will have repercussions in the world of physics

 

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Originally posted by meteor
Heck! Now i only have 6 problems to achieve the million of dollars.
Which I will choose? The P=NP problem? The Hodge conjecture? The Riemann hypothesis not, for sure it must the most investigated by now of the 6.
It's a pity that I don't understand completely the statement of the Poincare conjecture. It surely must be a very beautiful sensation to achieve to understand the prove of the conjecture. and I think that the prove will have repercussions in the world of physics

The P=NP problem; the ramifications could boost the world's GDP by several % in one fell swoop (or not; depends on what you prove ).

Did anyone else see the TV program on Wiles and Fermat? In it, Wiles attempted to explain what it felt like; as good a practical demonstration of 'rapture' as any, I feel.

More exciting than proving the 4-colour theorem, that's for sure.

 

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Well, we don't know how the computer felt.