I consider myself a professional mathematician. But I do not want to become a member of the mathematical community. I do not consider their decisions fair. I consider their decisions immoral.
— Grigori Perelman Contemporary

Solved Poincare conjecture, refused Fields Medal

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Reported by journalist Masha Gessen after his refusal of the Fields Medal.

Date / Period

2006

Category

Strange & Unusual

Source

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/08/28/manifold-destiny

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Unverifiable

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