Chinese Mathematicians Prove Poincare Conjecture 288
Joe Lau writes to mention a story running on the Xinhua News Agency site, reporting a proof for the Poincare Conjecture in an upcoming edition of the Asian Journal of Mathematics. From the article: "A Columbia professor Richard Hamilton and a Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman have laid foundation on the latest endeavors made by the two Chinese. Prof. Hamilton completed the majority of the program and the geometrization conjecture. Yang, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in an interview with Xinhua, 'All the American, Russian and Chinese mathematicians have made indispensable contribution to the complete proof.'"
It's all a conjecture (Score:5, Funny)
Homeomorphic. Thank god, they dumb it down a bit later:
More colloquially, it's homotopy-equivalent to the n-sphere! Of course!
Slow news day?
Chinese == Good at Math (Score:3, Funny)
This is news?
(j/k... I am Chinese).
Re:It's all a conjecture (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Ok, in plain english (Score:5, Funny)
If poincare conjecture = proved , my homepage switches to harsh new look. QED.
Re:Chinese == Good at Math (Score:2, Funny)
*ducks*
Re:This is... (Score:5, Funny)
Given that there are seven questions total, maybe you know the mystery surrounding the elusive eighth question: "What is seven minus one?"
Re:Ok, in plain english (Score:4, Funny)
Seems like whats been proven is that a doughnut != sphere.
Re:Ok, in plain english (Score:5, Funny)
A topologist is someone who doesn't know whether to dip their doughnut into their coffee mug, or vice versa...
Re:It's all a conjecture (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This is... (Score:4, Funny)
Just kidding, of course.
Re:Dear God (Score:3, Funny)
What does it all mean? (Score:3, Funny)
Here is a conjecture (Score:5, Funny)
Joe Public goes (Score:5, Funny)
I think it makes a good thriller title... "The Poincare Conjecture"
Re:What does it all mean? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:This is... (Score:3, Funny)
Forty-two?
Re: They are the kind of people ... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Dear God (Score:1, Funny)
Re:A translation... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A translation... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A translation... (Score:1, Funny)