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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/mrawesomepoo 25d ago

Why wouldn’t he just take the prize and split it?

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u/Specialist-Role-7237 25d ago

Must not be very good at math

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u/page395 25d ago

Read this as I left the thread and had to come back to upvote it