An edition of Perfect rigor (2009)
Perfect Rigour
A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of a Lifetime
By Masha Gessen
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Icon Books, Limited,Icon Books Company
Language
eng
Pages
263
Description:
A sociological and anthropological biography of Grigori Perelman, a Russian mathematician who proved Poincare's Conjecture, becoming the first person to win a million-dollar prize (which he refused to accept) from by the Clay Mathematical Institute for solving one of their Millennium Problems.
subjects: Mathematicians, biography, Poincare conjecture, Mathematicians, Poincaré conjecture, Biography, Perelman, Grigori, -- 1966-, Mathematicians -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography, New York Times reviewed, Mathematics -- Formulae, Mathematicians -- Russia -- Biography, Perelman, Grigori, -- 1966, Poincare conjecture, Poincař conjecture, Russia (federation), biography
People: Grigori Perelman (1966-)
Places: Russia (Federation)
Times: late 20th century