http://www.metafilter.com/tags/grigori Posts tagged with 'grigori' at MetaFilter. Thu, 08 May 2003 14:31:49 -0800 Thu, 08 May 2003 14:31:49 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/25659/The%2DPoincare%2DConjecture%2DSolved <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3005875.stm">'The Poincare Conjecture' Solved?</a> "Dr Grigori Perelman, of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, claims to have proved the Poincare Conjecture, one of the most famous problems in mathematics. The Poincare Conjecture, an idea about three-dimensional objects, has haunted mathematicians for nearly a century. If it has been solved, the consequences will reverberate throughout geometry and physics."<br> <br> Also of note is that Perelman's solution is only a benign side effect of his efforts toward defining all three-dimensional surfaces mathematically, which if successful would allow humanity to "produce a catalogue of all possible three-dimensional shapes in the Universe, meaning that [mankind] could ultimately describe the actual shape of the cosmos itself." tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.25659 Thu, 08 May 2003 14:31:49 -0800 conjecture geometry grigori grigoriperelman mathematics perelman physics poincare poincareconjecture problems eyebeam