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

  1. indianOctober 20, 2010 at 4:13 PM

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

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  2. AmeyaOctober 20, 2010 at 6:40 PM

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

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  3. Dinesh KrithivasanOctober 20, 2010 at 10:23 PM

    Perleman, Poincare, Poincare conjecture and the Fields medal.

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  4. JoydipOctober 20, 2010 at 11:34 PM

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

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  5. UnknownOctober 21, 2010 at 2:59 PM

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

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  6. akhilOctober 21, 2010 at 3:01 PM

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

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  7. sumaerOctober 21, 2010 at 7:54 PM

    X- Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman

    Y- HENRI POINCARE

    Z- FIELDS MEDAL

    A- POINCARE CONJECTURE

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  8. MiniOctober 21, 2010 at 10:39 PM

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

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  9. UnknownOctober 22, 2010 at 12:31 PM

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

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  10. UnknownOctober 22, 2010 at 5:15 PM

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

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  11. AnonymousOctober 22, 2010 at 10:26 PM

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

    Maths is cool.

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  12. ShravanOctober 23, 2010 at 10:08 AM

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

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