Mathematical Digest Short Summaries of Articles about Mathematics
in the Popular Press "Celebrated Math Problem Solved, Russian Reports," by Sara Robinson. New York Times, 15 April 2003.
Science, 18 April 2003.
"A Mathematician's World of Doughnuts and Spheres," by George Johnson. New York Times, 20 April 2003.
Nature , 24 April 2003.
"Spheres in Disguise," by Erica Klarreich. Science News, 26 April 2003.
New Scientist, 26 April 2003, page 8;
"If it looks like a sphere...," by Erica Klarreich. Science News , 14 June 2003 (click here for a Math Digest of this article). Clay Mathematics Institute has offered a prize of $1 million. The news reports about Perelman's work have expressed cautious optimism. Experts in the field are still examining his work to see if all the details are right and whether the proof holds together. The New York Times article by Sara Robinson contains quotations of MIT mathematician Tomasz Mrowka that sum up the general feeling among mathematicians: "It's not certain, but we're taking it very seriously. [Perelman has] obviously thought about this stuff very hard for a long time, and it will be very hard to find any mistakes." The article also quotes Mrowka as saying: "This is one of those happy circumstances where it's going to be fun no matter what. Either he's done it or he's made some really significant progress, and we're going to learn from it." - Allyn Jackson | |
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