http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3005875.stm

 

One of the greatest problems in mathematics, the Poincare Conjecture, may have been solved by a Russian Mathematician, but only as an afterthought to his solution of the "Geometrisation Conjecture" proposed by the American mathematician William Thurston in the 1970s - a far more ambitious proposal that defines and characterises all three-dimensional surfaces.

 

Should his solution survive scrutiny for two years, then he wins a $1m prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute in Massachusetts.

 

apparently this has great implications for physics and maths, but I don't know what they are!

It means that 3D Studio MAX version 6 will be absolutely kick-ass.

In related news, this guy is probably curled up in a fetal position softly weeping himself to sleep.

 

"SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A San Jose State University professor who announced just weeks ago that he and a colleague had solved an important math problem now says he goofed.

Daniel Goldston had worked on the problem for 20 years."

VERY OLD thread which is now applicable (see my below link)

 

It means that 3D Studio MAX version 6 will be absolutely kick-ass.

cool ... i'll just go and pre-order myself a copy!

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this was over a year ago, now though:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3632908.stm

He put forward his solution to the Poincare Conjecture two years ago - and it is still being checked by peers. But Stanford University's Dr Keith Devlin told a UK science festival on Monday that it looks to be correct.

so seriously, what are the implications of this???