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Clay Mathematics Institute - The Millenium Prize Problems

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The Clay Mathematics Institute selected 7 problems in mathematics that were felt to have primary importance. These problems represent not only the solution to some very important problems but significant impact in the mathematical tools that we have available. $7 Million dolloars, $1 Million per prize, were announced on May 24, 2000. As part of that announcement CMI published a book to describe not only the problems but also the rules.

If you don't understand the descriptions in this book you have little hope of resolving the problems and gaining the prize. However, the book does provide a good benchmark for any mathematician, professional or amateur, to use as a benchmark of their current skills state.

For a more popular non-technical introduction and description please see,

The Millenium Problems , The Seven Greatest Unsolved Mathematical Puzzles of Our Time
Keith Devlin
ISBN 0-465-01729-0
pp. 237

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ed.: Carlson, Jaffe, Wiles

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    • 21 months ago


      Navier-Stokes is fluid dynamics, the 3D representation is unsolved.

      N-NP is a mechanism to solve parallel breadth-and-width searches in polynomial times. I don't believe N=NP. It's mainly going to be involved in factoring.
      Solar Soyuz Zaibatsu
    • 21 months ago


      Well, I didn't do so well with Fermat's last theorem, so... Good to see topology represented. What?! No fluid dynamics? Who do these people think they are? And somehow, I think $1M is far too small a reward for anyone who solves the P vs. NP problem (the answer to which I understand to be pretty much a skeleton key approach to resolving *EVERY* maze and problem-solving conundrum ever invented or to-be-invented), but then, the rewards sure to be bestowed on the genius that cracks that code must be ample incentive.

      I'll set my father-in-law to work on these. He was a high school math teacher, maybe he can come up with something.
      Solar Soyuz Zaibatsu
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