The Million Dollar Afterthought

[Radical Edward]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3005875.stm

 

One of the greatest problems in mathematics, the Poincare Conjecture, may have been solved by a Russian Mathematician, but only as an afterthought to his solution of the "Geometrisation Conjecture" proposed by the American mathematician William Thurston in the 1970s - a far more ambitious proposal that defines and characterises all three-dimensional surfaces.

 

Should his solution survive scrutiny for two years, then he wins a $1m prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute in Massachusetts.

 

apparently this has great implications for physics and maths, but I don't know what they are!

[Sayonara]

It means that 3D Studio MAX version 6 will be absolutely kick-ass.

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In related news, this guy is probably curled up in a fetal position softly weeping himself to sleep.

 

"SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A San Jose State University professor who announced just weeks ago that he and a colleague had solved an important math problem now says he goofed.

Daniel Goldston had worked on the problem for 20 years."

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VERY OLD thread which is now applicable (see my below link)

 

It means that 3D Studio MAX version 6 will be absolutely kick-ass.

cool ... i'll just go and pre-order myself a copy!

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this was over a year ago, now though:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3632908.stm

He put forward his solution to the Poincare Conjecture two years ago - and it is still being checked by peers. But Stanford University's Dr Keith Devlin told a UK science festival on Monday that it looks to be correct.

so seriously, what are the implications of this???