Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Question 852

Today's question is contributed by Amogh Kinikar, who has also designed the Quizlexic logo.

X has given a solution for the theorem A which has been stated by Y and also named after Y. He represented USSR at the IMO and got a perfect score of 100%. X also was awarded the Z, and happens to be the only person to decline it. Identify X,Y,Z and A.
X
Y
Z

Answer: X: Gregory Perelman Y: Henri Poincare Z: The Fields Medal A: Poincare conjecture

12 Answers:

indian said...

X-- GREGORI PERELMAN.
A-- POINCARE CONJECTURE.
Y-- HENRI POINCARE.
Z- FIELDS MEDAL.

Ameya said...

X: Grigori Perelman
Y: Henri Poincaré
Z: Fields Medal
A: Poincaré conjecture

Dinesh Krithivasan said...

Perleman, Poincare, Poincare conjecture and the Fields medal.

Joydip said...

x-Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman.
A-Poincaré conjecture
y- Henri Poincaré.
z-Fields Medal

Unknown said...

X - Grigori Perelman
Y - Henry Poincare
Z- The Fields Medal.

akhil said...

X-Grigori Perelman
Y-Henri Poincaré
Z-Fields Medal
A-Poincaré conjecture

sumaer said...

X- Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman

Y- HENRI POINCARE

Z- FIELDS MEDAL

A- POINCARE CONJECTURE

Mini said...

A - Poincare conjecture
X - Grigori Perelman
Y- Henri Poincare
Z- The much coveted Fields Medal!

Unknown said...

x - Grigori Perelman
y - Henri Poincare
z - Fields medal
a - poincare conjecture

Unknown said...

X-GRIGORI PERELMAN.
Y-HENRI POINCARE.
Z-FIELDS MEDAL.
A-Poincare Conjecture posed in 1904.

Anonymous said...

X-Grigori Perelman
Y-Henri Poincare
Z-Fields Medal.

Maths is cool.

Shravan said...

X - Gregorio Perelman
Y - Henri Poincare
Z - Fields Medal
A - Poincare conjecture