Grisha perelman biography definition

Grigori Perelman is a well-known Russian mathematician best known for his work on Riemannian geometry and geometric topology. He made a breakthrough by proving the Poincaré conjecture by resolving the soul conjecture and later Thurston’s geometrization conjecture.

However, perhaps as a result of his early negative experiences as a Jew in the Soviet Union, he became increasingly reclusive for the majority of his adult life. He even refused to accept numerous prestigious awards for his invaluable contributions to mathematics because he was “not interested in money or fame” and did not wish to be “on display like an animal in a zoo.” He declined the ‘Fields Medal’ in 2006 and the ‘Millennium Prize’ in 2010, along with the accompanying one million dollar prize money.

For the latter, he believed he should have shared the honor with Richard S. Hamilton, the mathematician who pioneered the Ricci flow res