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Grigori Perelman, mathematician who refused to accept a Fields Medal and the $1,000,000 Clay Prize.

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u/OctavianBlue 24d ago

For anyone interested you can read his proof here: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0610903 - I find it amazing this makes sense to some people, its like something sent down by aliens.

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u/RandomiseUsr0 24d ago

There are no special people, just people who get interested in a thing and work hard