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- Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Elusive Proof, Elusive Prover: A New Mathematical Mystery
- From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
- Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 16:52:30 -0500
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Mike Miller wrote:
This is an amazing story. The interesting part of it is that this
Russian mathematician seems to have produced one of the most difficult
proofs in the history of mathematics (now verified by top experts after
several years of scrutiny) but he is uninterested in fame and fortune
and they can't even find the guy. He is a top genius, but he turns down
prizes and job offers (e.g., professorship at Stanford). He prefers to
walk in the woods looking for mushrooms. He doesn't pay attention to
his appearance -- hair and beard are long and scruffy and he doesn't
clip his fingernails.
From photos, he seems to look very much like me. My friends have
suggested that I pretend to be him and claim the prizes.
Stephen
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