So all you losers, you have been sleeping on the job.
The chinese have beaten you to the draw and probably won the 1 million dollars prize to boot from the Clay Mathematics Institute
http://www.claymath.org/millennium/
go back to sleep and dream about it.
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Century-old maths puzzle solved
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-06-05 08:40
Two Chinese mathematicians have put the final pieces together in the solution to a puzzle that has perplexed scientists around the world for more than a century.
The pair have published a paper in the latest U.S.-based Asian Journal of Mathematics, providing complete proof of the Poincar¨¦ Conjecture promulgated by Frenchman Henri Poincar¨¦ in 1904.
Professor Cao Huaidong, of Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, and professor Zhu Xiping, of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, co-authored the paper, ¡°A Complete Proof of the Poincar¨¦ Geometrization Conjectures ¡ª application of the Hamilton ¡ª Perelman theory of the Ricci flow,¡± published in the June issue of the journal.
Cao and Zhu put the finishing touches to the complete proof of the Poincar¨¦ Conjecture and it is more significant than the solution of Goldbach Conjecture, said professor Yau Shing-tung, a mathematician at Harvard University and one of the journal¡¯s editors-in-chief.
The Poincar¨¦ Conjecture was rated as one of the major mathematical puzzles of the 20th century, said Yau.
¡°The conjecture is that if in a closed three-dimensional space, any closed curves can shrink to a point continuously, this space can be deformed to a sphere,¡± he explained.
By the end of the 1970s, U.S. mathematician William P. Thurston had produced partial proof of the conjecture on geometric structure, and was awarded the Fields Prize for the achievement.
Fellow American Richard Hamilton completed the majority of the program and the geometrization conjecture. In 2003, Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman made key new contributions.
Based on those major developments, the paper by Cao and Zhu, which ran to more than 300 pages, provided complete proof, said Yau, adding the findings would help scientists to further understand three-dimensional space and heavily influence the development of physics and engineering.
http://chinadaily.cn/china/2006-06/05/content_608278.htm
Originally posted by moweutWhat it do baby? It's the Iceman Paul Wall, got my mouth lookin somethin like a disco ball.
So all you losers, you have been sleeping on the job.
The chinese have beaten you to the draw and probably won the 1 million dollars prize to boot from the Clay Mathematics Institute
http://www.claymath.org/millennium/
go back to sleep and dream about it.
....................
Century-old maths puzzle solved
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-06-05 08:40
...[text shortened]... opment of physics and engineering.
http://chinadaily.cn/china/2006-06/05/content_608278.htm
I cause cold fronts when I take a deep breath.
Originally posted by XanthosNZif it has been published one assumes that it has been peer reviewed, respectable journals dont just publish anything that is sent to them, they at least get some independant review by someone knowledgeable in the feild.
Get back to me when it's been peer reviewed and they've been awarded the Millennium Prize.
are these sour grapes XanthosNZ.
as for the Millennium Prize, well it is an american prize so perhaps it is all just a front with no substance. by the time they actually get the dollars, it should be worth about 5 euros at the current rate the USD is depreciating.
Originally posted by moweutDo you have any idea how long it takes to confirm a 300 page mathematical proof that only a handful of people understand? When Fermat's Theorem was proved, Andrew Wiles had a mistake in his proof the first time round. It was published, someone eventually spotted it and he went back to the drawing board. Luckily he fixed it whereas many others have had completely wrong attempts at proofs for all sorts of theorems.
if it has been published one assumes that it has been peer reviewed, respectable journals dont just publish anything that is sent to them, they at least get some independant review by someone knowledgeable in the feild.
are these sour grapes XanthosNZ.
Originally posted by moweutI was thinking the same and went looking for AJM. didn't find a mention of peer review, only "High standards will be applied in evaluating submitted manuscripts, and the entire editorial board must approve the acceptance of any paper." -which could mean just about anything...
if it has been published one assumes that it has been peer reviewed, respectable journals dont just publish anything that is sent to them, they at least get some independant review by someone knowledgeable in the feild.
are these sour grapes XanthosNZ.
Originally posted by XanthosNZ"Professor Cao Huaidong, of Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, and professor Zhu Xiping, of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, co-authored the paper"
Do you have any idea how long it takes to confirm a 300 page mathematical proof that only a handful of people understand? When Fermat's Theorem was proved, Andrew Wiles had a mistake in his proof the first time round. It was published, someone eventually spotted it and he went back to the drawing board. Luckily he fixed it whereas many others have had completely wrong attempts at proofs for all sorts of theorems.
yes XanthosNZ, and all their colleagues are complete bozos too.
how many people do you think have already seen and examined this paper or parts of it.
however as you say someone may eventually spot something, but to me it doesnt seem like just any old rooster crowing at dawn.