Has The Poincare Conjecture Been Solved? 292
Zack Coburn writes "An article in the Boston Globe alludes to the Poincare Conjecture being solved, possibly. For those who are unfamiliar with the conjecture, the article gives a brief description: "To solve it, one would have to prove something that no one seriously doubts: that, just as there is only one way to bend a two-dimensional plane into a shape without holes -- the sphere -- there is likewise only one way to bend three-dimensional space into a shape that has no holes. Though abstract, the conjecture has powerful practical implications: Solve it and you may be able to describe the shape of the universe." Apparently Grigory Perelman may have proved it, which would mean a $1 million award from the Clay Mathematics Institute." We've previously discussed other possible Poincare proofs.
I proved it (Score:2, Funny)
I, for one, (Score:4, Funny)
Description of the new shape (Score:5, Funny)
Fuck! (Score:1, Funny)
Now, what am I supposed to talk about ?
Re:In 2002, I researched the COSMIC background (Score:5, Funny)
Yes but Godel showed that you never do it completely.
Re: In 2002, I researched the COSMIC background (Score:4, Funny)
> In 2002, I researched the COSMIC background
Yeah, lots of people do that in college... Usually with the help of LSD and stuff.
Re:In 2002, I researched the COSMIC background (Score:4, Funny)
They also DO IT with GRATUITOUS USE of CAPITAL LETTERS! Lay off the shift key!
Man, who let Shatner have the keyboard?
Re:I thought... (Score:3, Funny)
You might say that it's an NP hard problem. Hahah. *crickets* Oh well.
Re:Using the troll database? (Score:1, Funny)
Holy groundhog, Batman! Slashdot posts are stuck in an infinite hyper-toroid loop!
Not the time... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:This Proof Isn't New (Score:3, Funny)
What's really important is that this proof was put out by a reclusive Russian mathematician. That pretty much clinches it.
Re:In 2002, I researched the COSMIC background (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Finite Universe (Score:2, Funny)
Just what is this "dorking," and why do it to a donut?
But seriously. You're not following along. When you loop back the two openings to touch each other, you get a tube, just like a donut.
Old News... (Score:2, Funny)
I Fail to See the Relevance to SCO (Score:3, Funny)
Re:In 2002, I researched the COSMIC background (Score:5, Funny)
Applied mathematicians do it with a real-world model.
Mike's Last Theorem (Score:2, Funny)
My uncle's joke (Score:2, Funny)
He worked it out with a pencil.
Oh man... (Score:3, Funny)
Even in mathematical circles, surprisingly little is known about him, and those who know him often don't want to speak publicly about his work.
Oh boy. People who know him won't talk about his work. That means bad news, I'm sure. Like... the proof solves the Poincare Conjecture, but as a byproduct it also proves that Cthulhu's going to wake up in 2005, and that he's really pissed.