Perelman Declines Math's Top Prize; Three Others Honored in Madrid

Authors :: Dana Mackenzie
Source :: Science. 313:1027-1028
Publication Year :: 2006
Publisher :: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2006.
Abstract: MATHEMATICSOn Tuesday, the International Congress of Mathematicians awarded the closest equivalent to a Nobel Prize in math to three young stars ([see sidebar][1]). But the name on everybody's lips was that of the mathematician who had refused his Fields Medal: Grigory Perelman. ([Read more][2].) [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/313/5790/1027b [2]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/313/5790/1027a