[Assam] Historic Math problem solved -CNN

[Dilip/Dil Deka]

  So, now.....
  Which one of Assam's problems will be solved by using Dr. Perelman's new solution to Poincaré's conjecture? 
  

Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:
    Thanks Santanu. That was an interesting piece.
  and it is interesting this quote about Dr. Perelman.
   
  "He came once, he explained things, and that was it," Dr. Anderson said. "Anything else was superfluous."
   
  It is no surprise that he is also not interested in the fame and the prize money.
   
  
 
  On 8/22/06, mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com> wrote:         Santanu thanks-something to start!
Poincaré's conjecture can sound either daunting or deceptively simple. It asserts that if any loop in a certain kind of three-dimensional space can be shrunk to a point without ripping or tearing either the loop or the space, the space is equivalent to a sphere. 

    
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  From: "Roy, Santanu" <sroy at mail.smu.edu>
To: "Ram Sarangapani" < assamrs at gmail.com>,"AssamNet" <assam at assamnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Assam] Historic Math problem solved -CNN 
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:33:11 -0500
  

     
    It is indeed a landmark event. Some more interesting details about the mathematicians involved and the problem itself (Poincare's conjecture) were contained in a New York times article "Elusive proof, elusive prover" last week: 
  http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/15/science/15math.html 
   

    You need to be registered with NYT to get that article from the website. If you are interested and cannot download it, I'll be happy to send it to you. 
  Santanu.  
    
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  From: assam-bounces at assamnet.org [mailto:assam-bounces at assamnet.org] On Behalf Of Ram Sarangapani
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Subject: [Assam] Historic Math problem solved -CNN

   
    For those interested in this kind of stuff.

     

    http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/08/22/math.genius.ap/index.html




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