Today was the last day of the topology class I’ve been teaching. I decided to devote the day to the Poincaré conjecture. I started by telling the students a little about the history of the problem. Then I showed them three videos. The first video was an excellent 50-minute lecture by Fields medalist Curt McMullen…
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Perelman to be awarded the Clay Millennium Prize
The epilogue of my book is devoted to the Poincaré conjecture, the famously challenging 98-year old topological puzzler that was proved in 2002 by Grisha Perelman. Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal in 2006 for this accomplishment, but he declined to accept the award. Today the Clay Mathematics Institute issued a press release that begins:…
John Stallings’ obit in NYT
The New York Times recently published an obituary for John Stallings. He passed away on November 24, 2008. John Stallings is probably most well-known for his work on the high-dimensional Poincaré conjecture. He wrote an article about his work on the theorem called “How not to prove the Poincaré conjecture.” (pdf link)
David Richeson: Division by Zero 