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Barry Phipps tells Plus how he bridges the gap between the arts and sciences as an exhibition curator.

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June 2008
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Clay Institute Millennium Prize Problems

Tags: Poincare Conjecture : simple connectedness : Clay Institute Millennium Prize Problems


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One million dollars is waiting to be won by anyone who can solve one of the grand mathematical challenges of the 21st century. But be warned...these problems are hard. In the first of two articles, Chris Budd explains how to hit the bigtime.

Tags: public understanding of mathematics : Clay Institute Millennium Prize Problems : P versus NP


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The mathematics of Grigori Perelman may earn him a million dollars, if no holes are found in his proof of the Poincaré Conjecture.

Tags: Fields medal : Poincare Conjecture : Clay Institute Millennium Prize Problems : Geometrisation conjecture


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Can Dan Goldston and Cem Yalcin Yildrim repair the hole in their proof to make the biggest breakthrough in prime number theory for 80 years?

Tags: prime number : mathematics in the media : Clay Institute Millennium Prize Problems : Riemann Hypothesis : twin prime conjecture


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One million dollars is waiting to be won by anyone who can solve one of the grand mathematical challenges of the 21st century. In the second of two articles, Chris Budd looks at the well-posedness of the Navier-Stokes equations.

Tags: aerodynamics : Navier-Stokes equations : Fermat's Last Theorem : mathematical modelling : fluid mechanics : Clay Institute Millennium Prize Problems : Circle-squaring : angle trisection : doubling cube : hilbert problems


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Regular Plus contributor Lewis Dartnell reports on the scramble for million-dollar prizes that made mathematical headlines at the BA Festival of Science in September 2004.

Tags: Poincare Conjecture : Clay Institute Millennium Prize Problems : P versus NP : Riemann Hypothesis


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Lewis Dartnell reports on what made mathematical headlines at the BA Festival of Science.

Tags: Poincare Conjecture : Clay Institute Millennium Prize Problems : P versus NP : Riemann Hypothesis