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  1. #GrigoriPerelman 🇷🇺 proved the #PoincaréConjecture 20 years ago, which was one of the 7 #milleniumproblems in #mathematics. 🧮 He declined a series of awards though, incl. the #FieldsMedal. 🥇

    The Poincaré conjecture is "a central problem both in maths and physics because it seeks to understand what the shape of the universe can be," said
    Marcus du Sautoy
    at
    University of Oxford
    (In: theguardian.com/science/2006/a).

    #geometrictopology #TopologyRevolution

    @univienna

    derstandard.at/story/300000018