"I'm not interested in money or fame, I don't want to be on display like an animal in a zoo. I'm not a hero of mathematics. I'm not even that successful; that is why I don't want to have everybody looking at me."
“Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) on June 13, 1966, to Jewish parents.
Russian mathematician and geometer who is known for his contributions to the fields of geometric analysis, Riemannian geometry, and geometric topology.
In 2005, Perelman resigned from his research post in Steklov Institute of Mathematics and in 2006 stated that he had quit professional mathematics, owing to feeling disappointed over the ethical standards in the field.
He lives in seclusion in Saint Petersburg and has declined requests for interviews since 2006.”
petuona_ on December 17th, 2024 at 05:12 UTC »
"I'm not interested in money or fame, I don't want to be on display like an animal in a zoo. I'm not a hero of mathematics. I'm not even that successful; that is why I don't want to have everybody looking at me."
Dipshitmagnet2 on December 17th, 2024 at 06:14 UTC »
Pretty demeaning to him that this pic keeps getting reposted to death.
seattle_architect on December 17th, 2024 at 06:57 UTC »
“Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) on June 13, 1966, to Jewish parents.
Russian mathematician and geometer who is known for his contributions to the fields of geometric analysis, Riemannian geometry, and geometric topology.
In 2005, Perelman resigned from his research post in Steklov Institute of Mathematics and in 2006 stated that he had quit professional mathematics, owing to feeling disappointed over the ethical standards in the field.
He lives in seclusion in Saint Petersburg and has declined requests for interviews since 2006.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman