Last week ninme posted on The Dramatic World of Mathematics, which I ignored because...it was about Math, and I just barely still have my times tables memorized, having dropped out of high school Calculus half way through. (There's perseverance, and there's knowing when you're licked.) At university, I passed the core curriculum Math/Science requirement by taking all Science and one Math which had some high-falutin' name but was really Math for Drama Majors as we all knew. We used to joke about class projects: interpretive dance of the number line (dainty step, dainty step...okay, now interpret it).
Anyway. When last we left our story, the search was on for a Russian recluse who was to receive a prize for solving The Poincarré Conjecture (sounds like a Le Carré novel to me). Turns out, he's not missing, he's snubbing the math world. The AP story on which this FOX piece is based suggests he's too much of a purist to accept prizes or money: Math is all that matters. However, the WaTi story I can't find online suggested it was some kind of protest because he wasn't elected to some prestigious Math board. Attaboy, Grigory. Stick it to the (math)man.
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