The Poincaré conjecture stood for a hundred years as a challange for the human mind.
"The conjecture essentially says that any shape that does not have any
holes and that fits within a finite space can be stretched and deformed
into a sphere — although Henri Poincaré was conjecturing about shapes
and spheres of a higher dimension."
Dr. Gromoll helped to solve it, Perelman solved it. Now this 70 year old man is dead. Are there successors? I hope his work stays with us as he goes away.
"The conjecture essentially says that any shape that does not have any
holes and that fits within a finite space can be stretched and deformed
into a sphere — although Henri Poincaré was conjecturing about shapes
and spheres of a higher dimension."
Dr. Gromoll helped to solve it, Perelman solved it. Now this 70 year old man is dead. Are there successors? I hope his work stays with us as he goes away.
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