The Man Who Solved the $1 Million Math Problem...Then Disappeared
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5:16 To be fair, arXiv is pronounced as archive.
@@gabor6259❤❤😂😂❤😂q10❤
@@gabor6259 It's literally a pun name, how do you let that slip? xD
Who's the Russian mathematician who solved the age-long mathematical riddle by building on the previous work of an Australian lady mathematician? He graciously attributed his success to the lady.
To be honest, Brilliant really sucks. Grigori Perelman would be mightily disappointed to the highest degree.
Reminds me of the homeless philosopher Diogenes, who impressed Alexander the Great. When Alexander offered him anything in the world, Diogenes asked, "Could you move to the left? You're blocking the sun."
For real?
@@j897xce Diogenes made a virtue of poverty. He begged for a living and often slept in a large ceramic jar, or pithos, in the marketplace. He used his simple lifestyle and behavior to criticize the social values and institutions of what he saw as a corrupt, confused society.
@@j897xce Yes that is a true story.
Then Alexander replied that if he wasn't Alexander he would like to be Diogenis.
If I wasn't Diogenes, I would be dead (or Diogenes)
Go away and leave me alone
" You're disturbing me. I am picking mushrooms. " -- I'm going to have to start using that one!
Bro was disturbed while trippin
Just don't say that if it's your mom or the cops ringing you. 😂
That might be the single most interesting thing he ever said actually.
I think Super Mario was using that one.
@@tomasvanagas4957 I should also go on a trip
Respect to Dr Grigori Perelman, a man of principle.
Actually he was really fucking broken. His brain didn't recieve dopamine properly from interacting with people to be part of society
When you're old, hungry and ill, you cant eat principle, or wrap yourself in it, or warm yourself with it. He should have taken the money if not for his care, then for his mother's. He went too far and lost the plot, a different expression of hubris, but hubris nonetheless.
@@benaminyang nonsense. im sure hes well taken care of and always will be despite his refusal of luxury
@@joebazooks Yeah, so you don't know much about Russia and life in Russia I'm taking it. Lol. What's nonsense is commenting unless you've had that experience, or have family there, which I do. Just because you're a genius doesn't mean people take care of you. Ever, if you won't accept generosity when extended. Even in the US. Look no further than the life of Bobby Fischer. This guy reminds me, sadly of him, but worse b/c he's in Russia where this IS no safety net.
@@benaminyang i think any truly loving and caring mother would understand and respect his reasoning, and we dont know how well off she is on her own, or as a result of the notoriety. afterall, she raised him, she out of anyone besides himself knows his character best, he could be taking extremely good care of her right now independent of millions of dollars. you dont need 1 million to care for your mother, and im sure shes happy to have such a generous, selfless, and caring son regardless.
Congratulations, you just won 1 million dollars.
Can't you see that I'm picking mushrooms over here.
The last esteemed mathematician to say "Do not disturb my circles!" got a unwelcomed surprise.
@@oahuhawaii2141he didn't give a shit and passed.
U like the mediocrity of human race... An American who worships money
LOL
I'm pretty confident there is a simpler solution than the one this Russian found.
He works at Saint Petersburg State University in the applied mathematics department. I have caught a glimpse of him while walking through the corridor, he never meets anyone. This is in 2019.
For real?
Any more news or update of what is currently doing / working on that you can share with us?
@@numbers9696 why not >>>??? this is Russia !!!
@@marksmanw8756 Because maybe strangers on the internet lie?
How does he work at a Public University without meeting people?
This dude is a freaking legend! Thanks for introducing me to his story! He’s now my primary role model in how do deal with success and passion.
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Well, you might be interested to know that Grigori Perelman refused the $1 million prize because he believed that the contribution of the American mathematician Hamilton was no less - in this he did not agree with the mathematical community. And this fact makes Grigori even cooler.
Grisha - it is a short version of Grigory. And for adults it is uses mostly in close circle of people - relatives, friends. In the russian culture It is considered not polite to call adults which you don't know personally with short version of names.
Hmmm...thanks for this bit of education.
It's like Billy instead of William. Its considered impolite to call someone you dont know with a dimunitive.
C'mon Bro . . . Sis ? Lighten Up !
Huh ?
Oh, I mean, thank you Sir or Ma'am - Noted !
However it would not be strange at all if his colleagues at institute would call him "Grisha". If you know someone well and have a good relation to him even if only at work, then it is perfectly fine and even very common.
Is it the same for Misha being used instead of Mikhail?
He is still a fields medallist even if he did not accept the award.
True😎👍
Even those who accepted the Fields medal will sit down and listen to him.
@@hakinadedeji He was silent and I have a feeling that he is tackling another conjecture problem. Go go go and surprise the math community.
@@Hyperion1722 You might be right and I so wish that is what he is doing, but I somehow doubt it. He is burned out. He's given the maths community what they want and following this man's story since 2006, I guess he's tired of the community.
Even though he looks like a neanderthal!
"Beautiful things don't ask for attention"
walter mitty. that was an amazing scene in a great movie
@@michalmikulasi5193
"Every bit of clothing ought to make you pretty
You can cut the clothing, grey is such a pity
I should wear the clothing of Mr. Walter Mitty."
(Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.)
Tell that to the flowers.
@@TravisHi_YT Tell that to the shadows of butterflies.
The Rose is without why , it blooms because it blooms , it pays no attention to itself , asks not if it is seen
Getting a perfect score in IMO means he could walk on water. Good that he continued in the Math world. His disappearance is a loss for the world.
Perfect score in what ?
@@ir0n2541IMO
@@ir0n2541 International Mathematics Olympiad
I've been much interested in Perelman's story since 2006 and it's just like yesterday with it's Science Breathrough 2006 award, the only in Maths, all the Shing Tung Yau and co scandals, all the rejections etc,, and I guess his story will not die. He accepted the European Mathematics award, so why he got so disillusioned later is a Clay Institute award for psychologist.
@@tanmaydubey5012 >@ir0n2541 may have been thinking as I was re the original >@intercalz post, that IMO in that post meant "In My Opinion!" 😁
I'm not a mathematician so it wouldn't be obvious to me. I was just interested in the thumbnail.
He didn't disappear, he just went to pick mushrooms.
I heard of a concpiracy theory that Perelman invented bitcoin after quitting sciens.
To smoke with Longbottom Leaf
magic mushrooms
Grisha and Masha were both classmates and friends of my mother who went to school 239 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). He had an unkempt appearance even from high school (untied shoes, messy hair, and eventually a messy beard) as my mother describes. There were a couple of additional reasons as to why he turned down the million dollars and Fields medal. He said that his achievement was built upon the work of others and that the contributions of others to his own success was not properly recognized. Additionally, he said that he did not see the point in accepting rewards for his achievement from people who did not understand what they were rewarding him for. As far as the whole mushroom picking thing, it is a common Russian practice to go foraging for edible (non-psychedelic lol) mushrooms in the forest (it's very relaxing and the mushrooms taste great!). He also did not disappear. I suppose he disappeared from the public eye, but it is rather common knowledge that he moved back in with his aging mother to take care of her in the same apartment she had lived in since before the fall of the Soviet Union. Sadly, there are a few videos on TH-cam of people chasing the poor guy down and bothering him as he tries to go about his daily tasks. He was never a fan of the public eye and stuff like this is just downright rude. Anyways, hope this provides a bit more background info :)
Thank you!
Thank you.
PS: include edible mushrooms into your regular diet. They have a subtle effect on the mind unlike magic mushrooms. They are not as effective, but over time they make you smarter. (It's better to gradually build up intelligence and stay grounded than to experience a dramatic high followed by a painful fall.)
He found the universe in the mushrooms ;)
Thxx
Nice 😎👍💯💯💯
Sounds like Syd Barrett
- Solved one of the hardest problems in Mathematics
- Refused to elaborate further
- Disappeared from society and never to be seen again
Absolute GIGAChad
Except he didn't dissappear...
Dude found out we’re living in a simulation and quit math
He found a glitch in the simulation's math and quit the simulation.
He's the one
he definitely knows things that the rest of the world hasnt yet discovered
Well he did say he knows how to control the universe... 🤔
Simulation theory is highly localized not universal.
Turns out not everybody has a price...
Nah, his is simply much higher than a million dollars..
@@galileogalilei9297 No, some people just value their time higher than anything, which they should. Because at one point when you financially independent the only thing that matters is time, because you cannot reverse it.
Or it's higher than gold or silver. Men of principle are hard to contain in a Capitalist system. Sputnik generation were special
@@galileogalilei9297 higher than a million dollars?
you mean 400 dollars in russia?
Nah, he's just an eccentric mathematician.... Terence Tao is great and very down to earth.
The narrator's ability to perfectly pronounce words in English, French, and Mandarin was very impressive
Thanks, I speak all three :)
It's sad how hard it is for 90% of people to understand that some people just don't care about materialism. Materialism is like a mental prison. It's not surprising at all that a man this smart wouldn't care about it.
One million really means nothing when you understand math at that level
he is arguably the highest IQ man on earth so may be he could see something in the future or some supernatural shits that he couldn't care less. May be his IQ is so high that compared to normal smart people just like comparing IQ of a doctor to an ape.
He’s a math genius from his look .
He is. He declined the prize because the media refused to put Hamilton's name in their publications. Also, it's another myth that he has disappeared. He keeps on doing exactly the same things he did before, which is meeting the same 20 best friends or so (quite a lot) and teaching in the university. "Disappeared" 🤦
@@GEMSofGOD_comwait he still teaches?
@@numbers9696 In no less than Moscow State Uni. At least he tought a couple of years ago for sure. To whole classes of students.
@@GEMSofGOD_com He has 20 best friends ??? God damnit ahah
@@GEMSofGOD_com wait didn't he say he has no friends there? o.O
"'I'm not interested in money or fame, I don't want to be on display like an animal in a zoo. I'm not a hero of mathematics. I'm not even that successful; that is why I don't want to have everybody looking at me.'"
Mr. Grigori Perelman
That is Dr. Grigori Perelman
This guy is a legend
honestly i respect that so much. dude did so much for the academic world and wanted nothing in return but to live his own life out of the public eye.
"I know how to control the universe, so why should i run for a million." 🥶
climbed a mountain and turn around, scattered to the wind what countless mathematicians dream about. something about it makes me smile and tear up
then a landslide brought it down
What makes you smile and tear up. And why
@@dodge9600 I would volunteer- the concept of self limitation to achieve an isolated sense of purity and not be corrupted by the forces of an external environment; e.g., the world- but that's just me. It's a certain sort of beauty
Very romantic approach to things of him. No wonder, he is from St. Petersburg.
@@dodge9600 mr perelmen reached the pinnacle of what the typical research mathematician would dream about: the abel prize and professorship at whatever elite institution that would be lucky enough to have him. however, as mr perelmen points out, these are material trappings and not things that he believes will bring him joy. what will? i dont know. what i do know is that he is both a mathematical genius and his own man. to quote steely dan: this brother is free, (he'll) be what (he) wants to be.
i like it for the same reason i like when jim carey walks through the door at the end of the truman show. it's a happy ending in real life
I admire this man, even tho I have zero understanding of the math. He clearly gives no shits for anything that most humans prioritize and chooses to follow his own path - fuck everything else, he has no use for it.
Sounds like a genius to me, being smart isn't enough you need to have 0 regard for convention.
If we were all as smart as this man the world would be completely different. Many things most people pursue would look mundane boring and a waste of time
@@tw8464 Imagine a highly intelligent individual who, despite their intellect, displays sociopathic tendencies and is intent on causing harm.
@Rajmanov that's possible but in his case he seems to have used his intelligence to not cause harm. It seems to me the most harm to humanity is done by the large groups of the stupid who are easily manipulated by the worst bad actors. If everyone were more intelligent, it would be much more difficult for the sociopaths you mention to manipulate them.
@@tw8464 There are different types of personalities, no matter how intelligent, and for that matter, different types of intelligence, so there is no way to clump everyone into one big bucket.
And bad news, we already have very intelligent people manipulating us on a daily basis, it's called herding.
The Century of the Self - Part 1: "Happiness Machines"
3 papers totaling 992 pages !!!!!! wow
Most people call such things dissertations.
So why was my comment saying that normal folks call such things dissertations deleted? Seriously TH-cam, wtf?
That's me paying my bills each month
@@aspenrebel why do you spend so much?
No. His papers are actually quite short. It took 992, maybe even more, pages to explain his thoughts in detail, s.th. other mathmaticians could convince themselves that Perelman was right.
“You are disturbing me. I am picking mushrooms.” - is the fucking coldest thing i have ever written 💀
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Please how can I get in touch with her
You'll surely reach her
She's active on What's Apk
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I think he became an investigator with memory loss and his co-worker is called Kim Katsuragi
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> Grigori Perelman solve the world hardest problem
> Earn $1 Million Dollar
> Refuse to elaborate further
> Disappeared
he understands the universe
@@zairmorningstarmusic he controls it!
burn out at work
he didnt even take the million dollars
I don't understand what he solved or what his solution was. What was the problem? What does it mean, what is it good for?
This lady is proving my biggest conjecture which is “is it possible to do your job while still wearing your pajamas?”
My conjecture is, that your generation isn't able to write one sentence without any grammar errors.
@@Michel-7.7.7 Grammar Nazi spotted! Can you not find some other way to stroke your fragile ego?
@@Michel-7.7.7grammatical* and "error" would be singular here and also you're not supposed to use commas unnecessarily where they're not needed.
@@Michel-7.7.7 grammatical* and "error" would be in it's singular form here and also, you're not supposed to use commas unnecessarily where they're not needed.
@@tanmaydubey5012 thx for correcting a no native english speaking boomer, used to slightly different rules in german grammar. I appreciate it, never to old to learn✌️
Edit: I don't change my previous errors, for everyone to take notes.
In Russia we have a book about people who control universe - "How to control universe and avoid mental hospital"...
-I've lived in Russia all my life. This is the first time I've heard about such a book. It is not true- .
Update:
I just searched and found this book on the Internet in online stores. The book has very good reviews.
@@LeonidEliseev It's "Как управлять вселенной не привлекая внимания санитаров" i haven't read it (my russian is little rusty, and is more philosophical for my taste as i saw in the reviews), but still - it does exist.
Any volunteers for translating to English?
That title is a testament to Russian sense of humoUr.
He never said that, that quote was completely made up.
that person sounds so genuine.
what a true inspiration.!
What a beautiful and a brilliant mind. Thank Dr. Grisha for your contributions and thank you to Newsthink for telling this beautiful story.
A few years ago my calculus teacher talked about this guy.. One of the only geniuses in the world who solved an unsolvable problem.
But then he also called him a silly fool for rejecting the prize money.
Your calculus teacher want only Money, so he did nothing other than teaching as a Lecturer.
I’m glad you did not erase the racism he faced. Thank you. 🤙🏼
this story makes me really sad as it seems he’s too smart to be understood
It’s sad that his choices meant generations of mathematicians did not get the opportunity to learn from such a great mind. But he seems like a truly free man. Power to him
"The Path of Erudition has neither reason nor logic. While geniuses wander among the stars, the ordinary can't even trace their footsteps. Those less gifted have no choice but to walk alone, enduring a lifetime of tumbles and triumphs..."
Being in the USA, he offered Hamilton to work together, but after not receiving any response, he started to work on this problem solely. He also was disappointed that the mathematicians did not adequately reward Hamilton's work. Further attempts by other mathematicians to make the movement of the problem as their achievements and the math community did not properly react to these attempts, finally, made him disappointed in the mathematician's world. There is a documentary on Russian providing details of the whole story behind it.
It seems that he's a man with a very strong sense of justice - he wants what is fair, no more and no less. An exceptional mathematical genius, and no less exceptional in the strength of his principles.
Facts💯💯💯
Whats the documentary name and release year and where can we watch it
@@SiliconVermillion There is a documentary but it’s in Russian. So unless there is a English version you won’t understand it.
When people speak about very high level mathematics, it's like I'm hearing an alien language.
Thank you for this wonderful video!!
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I love how "walking to buy bread" is a thing americans point out as odd xD
He walked from Manhattan to Brooklyn, which is about 24 miles round trip. Walking almost a full marathon to buy bread is pretty fucking odd.
@@_GOD_HAND_ From my experience I can say that long walks have a meditative affect and help to think.
@@_GOD_HAND_ it's actually pretty normal. I would bet a shiny penny he specifically walked that far, to visit a jewish owned foodstore, because he wants to keep kosher. Both of his parents are jewish, so he is, even if he doesn't practice devoutly. Practicing group economics is "weird" to americans, because they have been conditioned to accept and worship corporations and their mediocre products. Also explains why he chooses to live in RF, because Russia is vehemently pro-abrahamic religion, esp judaism, to the point there is an autonomous zone hypothetically reserved for jewish people.
@@_GOD_HAND_ It really isn't.
@@Uncle_Dave_Dave Yeah because NYC is notorious for not accommodating Jewish people 🙄. There's a kosher bakery on like every other block.
5:17 - The pre-print journal website ArXiv is pronounced Archive, not Arsiv/Arksiv.
The X is the Greek Chi.
And by me it is pronounced as Arzeev as in Xena:Warrior Princess. The smartasses who invented the name knew the people will pronounce it differently, I guess for sadistic pleasure to correct other's. Donald Knuth who invented TeX explained it is to be Tech, but didnt jump up and down when someone said Teks.
@@mxMikWell put😎👍💯💯💯
true, the arXiv is just Archive after all
Brilliant genius, lives erratic life, dies lonely, and destitute. I’ve read that story before. Thank you for this video. Excellent in every way. Subscribed.
"Grishna *lived his life by his own set of principles..." ----he is still alive
How do you know?
@@trjberg Because he's still currently living with his mom in Russia.
@@martiddy Yes, I have seen that in articles. But the base for that information seems to be very loose. No real confirmation seems to be availible.
@@martiddy I may add that my question is also partially caused by the recent situation in Russia.
Jewish people have been leaving Russia for decades…
Intelligent people have been leaving Russia for 2+ years…
500k people from Russia went to die in Ukraine… about 1+k people repeat this selfish act daily…
There is a good chance… that our Russian mathematician friend has sought a better route for himself and his mum….
😃
A golden personality. Much respect. Hope he is happy
You know this dude's gonna go down in history...his story isn't over.....
I am certain that I would have answered every call from reporters, sat back, and said, “Sooo. You want to hear how this great brain WORKS? Yes, yes. I see I’ve surprised all of you. Well, this amazing story starts in a small town where I was born into a poor family….”
Finally, you did one about Gregory Perelman. I’ve been asking for a while now. Nice 😎👍
grigori*
Don't call him Grisha! How familiar! That's why he doesn't like giving interviews to these people.
His arXive account's name is "Grisha", you don't name your public account with a nickname you consider familiar.
Lol, i imagine that is his intimate name.
@@nickravdon652 That's just a "short name". Some people in Russia care about being called that by complete strangers, some don't.
If he turned down $1 million, he can't be very smart.
He was walking 22 miles for bread! That is commitment or some really amazing bread.
The 3-sphere definitely has a hole(not trivial 3rd homology group) , but it is not at all the same kind of hole as something like a donut or a circle. The statement has to do with loops on the 3 sphere and them always being able to be deformed to a point, which yes is true in 3 dimensional space but that doesn't mean at all that topologically a sphere is the same as R^3, really the vast majority of topological invariants cannot detect if spaces are homeomorphic (topologically the same), they are used to tell if spaces are actually distinct. The Poincare conjecture is about actually showing not simply that every 3-manifold (3 dimensional geometric object) for which every loop is deformable to a point is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere, but also that these spaces are connected(not made up of disjoint blobs) and closed(closed manifold, not closed in terms of the topology on a space, so meaning the space has no boundary and is most importantly compact, which R^3 is not). These 3 properties were considered qualities that seem to unique to the topology of a 3-sphere and so it was an obvious question to ask whether every space with these properties is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere as they are so simple, turned out its an incredibly hard question to answer though.
Not a easy distinction to articulate either.
How silly to articulate in a formal notation - yes, it would be even much sillier to try this in some non-formal medium (like with pieces of soap lol) - such unreal "spatial" concepts and relations thereof while we could just agree on the definitions such that this was the case. I mean, you spend your whole life trying to prove something purely unimaginable about these 'objects', things that are not tangible, real, concrete or even abstractions of such. You cannot properly visualize these entities ;they are purely formal relations and have nothing to do with life as we live it. Well, it's mathematics and some noobs go and give their lives to such trivial games, trivial in the sense of not concerning acute questions of human life.
He should have taken the 1 million though. But, I respect his reasons for not taking the money.
He might have got 50 $ mln from the state of Russia and the rest of the story is a fairytale for naive people from the West. RUS paid the hell of the $$$ and attention to their sportsmen and how about a world-renowed mathematician genious ???
No he should not.
Thurston on Perelman:
"Perelman‘s aversion to public spectacle and to riches is mystifying to many. … I want to say I have complete empathy and admiration for his inner strength and clarity, to be able to know and hold true to himself.
Our true needs are deeper-yet in our modern society most of us reflexively and relentlessly pursue wealth, consumer goods and admiration. We have learned from Perelman’s mathematics. Perhaps we should also pause to reflect on ourselves and learn from Perelman’s attitude toward life"
"...reflect on ourselves and learn from Perelman’s attitude toward life."
I daresay there is ill as well as good to learn from Perelman in his attitudes and actions in his life.
As someone who studied at St. Petersburg State University, I can confirm that the mathematicians there are very passionate about picking mushrooms, for this purpose they were even placed 2 hours away from the city so that they could live comfortably in the forests
Einstein was weird like this guy too. Brilliance comes at a price.
WTF was that video ending. "This guy is something else, not playing by the rules, not being controled by money or status. A truely free person, anyways here is a transistion to an ad..."
Tbh I'm not sure if I'm more impressed by the math brain or just this guy as a person.
Yeah how dare this channel try to keep itself afloat with income!
Cringe
@oskar812 you must be new to the internet... (in general, or youtube in particular.)
Seems like I have to clarify myself. I don't have any problem with the ad itself. It's about the TRANSITION only! Ofc creators need to put in ads. The way it is added is just a bit tasteless
@@oskar812 no, really, is this the first time you've seen such a transition?! ... it's been going on for a while.
As per the $1M, this amount was offered in 2000. Now, it is 24 years later, but the amount for the remaining unsolved problems is still $1M. By inflation alone, it should be $1.8M, which is a significant change. I wonder where the Clay institute kept that $1M for 24 years. The money was kept in some financial account hopefully, and so Clay Institute, or maybe some financial institution pocketed $0.8M, but the winning mathematicians today still only get $1M. Mathematicians don't seem to be complaining about this. Instead, they seem to be happily telling new and new generations of mathematicians about the $1M prize, but year after year, it is worth less and less. Please, Clay Institute, can you re-index it for inflation?
Of course, huge respect for Perelman and his creativity in discovering the proof. But not everybody is like Perelman, and some future winner mathematician may actually be able to afford a house in a large city in America with the $1.8M.
I like how economist is missing the point :) I understand you completely but it is like saying to someone I give you 1M to not love her anymore :) Solving unsolvable is so beyond money. It requires a brain and legion of people in ones life to guide that brain.
I agree. 😎👍💯
Its amazing to me how he can reach the peak of his Math, and then simply walk away from it all. Makes me believe no matter how skillful or good you are at something, life eventually grabs you and pulls you away......whether you like it not.
Great video! It would be nice to have one about Alexander Grothendieck too 😊
1 mill is very less for such problems.
The solutions are always worth trillion in future.
Agreed😎👍
he didnt want to achieve a life beyond his actual needs and wants. truly admirable and inspiring, something about learning his story like this just warmed my heart. as someone with autism and a very strong 'sense of justice' myself (i loath that is considered a 'symptom' of autism) i wonder if he was on the spectrum? consistent special interest, very blunt and straightforward in seemingly EVERY interaction, a preference for solitude, disregard for certain social norms including personal grooming, and i dont know if writing 3 papers with nearly 1000 pages combined counts as a tendency to 'overexplain' or provide all available information on a topic but still worth mentioning, etc. etc. not that any of these are necessarily indicators of autism on their own. its interesting to look back on history and simply label certain individuals as 'quirky' or 'odd,' when in reality they could be neurodivergent!
Why not take the money, put on a banking account, and forget about it, continuing to live the same way you did before? Nothing changes in your life, but you get a nice financial backup in case of, for example, sudden decease, which needs expensive medical treatment.
@@MaxTsyba he just simply didnt want to. whatever reason he had for that is his own, maybe excess wealth didnt interest him. he said it himself, what use is money when hes already unlocked secrets of the universe? not everyone cares about money, or needs to in the event of potential 'what ifs'. he seems to be doing just fine without it, and i imagine if something serious were to happen, we dont know he doesnt already have personal savings or things set in place for that. its easy to say what you might have done in his shoes, but at the end of the day his decision is selfless, admirable, and entirely his own.
Great video and very interesting story. Just wanted to note that the website arXiv is pronounced ar-kai-v (as in the Greek letter chi) rather than ar-sai-v.
You can see from the picture alone that he is such an excellent person.
One million. They wouldn't even give some serious money. I'm not necessarily talking about the awarding body, they might very well be limited, but about all the "big names" who throw out money over the window all day long for dumb things. i.e. Tesla being launched to space and similar crap. Big corp managers: receive tens of millions. But for solving fundamental problems: $1 million.
Exactly, it makes no sense.
The prize is symbolic. In reality, anyone who's in serious contention for a Fields Medal already has an elite university job with a large salary and benefits. It's like complaining that Hollywood actors don't get a cash bonus for winning an Oscar.
@@_GOD_HAND_ Except Hollywood actors get 10s of millions of dollars, some even more. That comparison is absurd. This guy specifically is poor as heck. Lower middle class at best.
@@Kyanzes He's poor because for whatever reason he rejected the lucrative job offers that everyone was throwing at him. Typically professors at his level earn about $300k/yr base salary.
I agree that the amount of the prize money should increased to something like maybe 3-5 million. But it wouldn't change the outcome in this case.
I remember reading how Daniel Hillis, famed designer of the Connection Machine massively parallel computer once lamented, “The real money is in handling Wal-Mart's inventory rather than searching for the origins of the universe."
Same sort of situation here. Topology is so far removed from everyday workaday concerns, I can understand investors are not going to be rushing to fund his work. Investors can be short-sighted, but not any more so than anyone else.
Now we know why a shapeless lump of dough can be rolled into a ball.
that's completely different. you have to fold dough.
Homer Simpson: doh!
The problem with being that smart is your very lonley and struggle to connect with people coupled by the worst case of boredom you could possibly imagine. The only things that make life bareable is finding something challenging and if you can't find that your pretty much fucked. It's a common problem with guys like this... can't help but admire how smart they are yet also feel really sorry for them at the same time.
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yeah, other " very smart" people to him is just like an ape to a quantum physics professor. They have nothing in common. They can follow his thoughts.
A man of great integrity. Very rare.
What made him unique is his focus, he pushed on even when failure seemed inevitable.
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This is THE hardest way to get a million dollar💰
Facts, I agree💯💯💯
I love this man. He’s amazing
This is a great man. Wherever he is I send him my salute.
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I might be mistaken, but I think that Perelman proved the 4D case. It just so happens, that a 4 dimensional sphere is called a 3-sphere in maths, such that the 0-sphere is a circle. So the n=3 case is still in 4 dimensions.
A 3-sphere is a sphere embedded in 4D space.Intrinically it can be discribed by only 3 coordinates but lives in 4D space just as 2-sphere lives in 3D but can only be discribed instrinsically by 2 coordinates
@@MohdIrfanZ7 thank you for answering, you are correct. I thought that the way they talked about it in this video implied that it was a simple 3 dimensional sphere, which I think is misleading. The 3 sphere cannot be imagined in our 3 dimensional world. The same way that a human living in a two dimensional world could not imagine a 2 sphere, we cannot imagine a 3 sphere. The 3 sphere can only exist in a 4D world.
The 0-sphere is a circle because 0 has the same topology as a circle.
The circle is S1, a 1-sphere. The 0-sphere is just a pair of points. But yes, the 3-sphere is the 3D surface of a 4D hypersphere
Your statement of the conjecture is wrong. The Poincaré conjecture is not about spheres in 3 dimensions, but about spheres in 4 dimensions. I think that I know where the confusion comes from: the sphere in n dimensions is mathematically called the n-1-sphere (e.g. the 3-dimensional sphere is called the 2-sphere). This is because an n-sphere has a surface of dimension n (the 2-sphere has a 2d surface).
The conjecture concerns 3-spheres, but those are actually 4d objects, with a 3-dimensional surface.
Well I'm just here for the vibes and mashallah. All three won't matter when we're gone 😂😂😂.
Thanks though
Your right😎👍💯💯💯
Seems like he lived as he liked.
Studied math because he enjoyed it, passed up jobs he had no interest in, money he didn't need and then left math when he was done with it.
"I do not have anything to offer to your readers". Dude, I can for sure tell you that I would have liked it!
"Holy shit you just solve one the the 7 unsolved mathematical problems of mankind !!!"
" Yeah....anyway I got to pick up some mushroom for my mom"
This mathematician actually calculated the end result of offers by the US universities...your salary will be 40% taxed for government...your house will be on lease till you're70..inflation will increase 6% yearly...so it's much better to stay in Russia were mushrooms are for free 😅❤️👍🏻👍🏻
This could be such a great movie script
More than maths, his greatest achievement is that he solved that money and fame more than necessary dosent lead to anything good at all.
"He was one of the best mathematicians of his era, he, ummm... liked bread." Very relevant
lol the ad at the end is priceless disregard for everything this video covered😂😂😂
I thought the actual story was other fields medalist Shing-Tung Yau wanted to downplay his work to promote his own students
Correct. This, and some other displays of mathematical pettiness frustrated perelman enormously.
Yep, he practically took credit for Perelmans work.
"she heard supper, and she showed up"
-Misha Petrov
He didn’t just rejected 1mil dollars. He rejected an offer from Simon.
Very few people in the world can do this.
Don't forget that Perelman solved the Millennium Problem just in between when he was solving a much more general problem.
What a dude. An actual legend.
He's trans and you're misgendering them.
@@ThomasJr ?
@@magnomliman8114 Grisha is transgender.
Great vídeo! I recomend you to make a video about the great mathematician Alexander Grothendieck too (who, by some accounts, was the greatest of the 20th century), who had a life very much like Gresha.
Thank you, thank you and thank you again for sharing.
This man didnt just value the importance of math but also valued humility itself more than 99% of people on this fking planet
What impressed me was how you perfectly pronounced french and chinese names without any effort. Not knowing much about adv. mathematics, I'd thought proving the a 3-d spherical dough can be turned into irregularly shaped dough or pizza shape would be lot easier then higher dimension dough which I can't even visualize.
As far as Dr.Perelman is concerned, he is on quest for truth and maths was a stepping stone in his journey and was not the end.
Respect to Dr. Grigori Perelman.
He have moral compass