• In the mathematical field of geometric topology, the Poincaré conjecture (UK: /ˈpwæ̃kæreɪ/, US: /ˌpwæ̃kɑːˈreɪ/, French: [pwɛ̃kaʁe]) is a theorem about...
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    the Poincaré Conjecture and the Geometrization Conjecture". arXiv:math.DG/0612069. Morgan, John W.; Tian, Gang Ricci Flow and the Poincaré Conjecture arXiv:math/0607607...
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  • for solving the Poincare conjecture, though Perelman declined both awards. The Poincaré conjecture and the spherical space form conjecture are corollaries...
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  • Riemann hypothesis, Yang–Mills existence and mass gap, and the Poincaré conjecture at the Millennium Meeting held on May 24, 2000. Thus, on the official...
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  • In the mathematical area of topology, the generalized Poincaré conjecture is a statement that a manifold which is a homotopy sphere is a sphere. More...
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    important 3-manifold because of the now-proven Poincaré conjecture. Originally conjectured by Henri Poincaré, the theorem concerns a space that locally looks...
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    Poincaré conjecture), Fermat's Last Theorem, and others. Conjectures disproven through counterexample are sometimes referred to as false conjectures (cf...
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  • equivalent to two simpler conjectures: the Poincaré conjecture and the spherical space form conjecture. The elliptization conjecture is a special case of Thurston's...
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    mechanics. The Poincaré group used in physics and mathematics was named after him. Early in the 20th century he formulated the Poincaré conjecture, which became...
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  • popularized the name and conjecture. This conjecture can be thought of as a first step to resolving the Poincaré conjecture, since the Lickorish–Wallace...
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    smooth Poincaré conjecture is known in all dimensions other than 4 (it is usually false in dimensions at least 7; see exotic sphere). The Poincaré conjecture...
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  • counterexample to the Poincaré Conjecture, if one existed. In 2002, Martin Dunwoody posted a claimed proof of the Poincaré Conjecture. Rourke identified...
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    More specifically, the conjecture states that certain de Rham cohomology classes are algebraic; that is, they are sums of Poincaré duals of the homology...
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  • claiming a resolution of the renowned Poincaré conjecture, along with the more general geometrization conjecture. His work contained a number of notable...
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    proving the Poincaré and geometrization conjectures in 2003. Perelman was awarded a Millennium Prize for resolving the Poincaré conjecture but declined...
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    Thurston conjecture and the Poincaré conjecture, regarded as a special case of the former. It should be emphasized that the Poincare conjecture has been...
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    made regarding his work habits while proving the higher-dimensional Poincaré conjecture. He said that his best work had been done "on the beaches of Rio...
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    awarded a Fields Medal for his work on the 4-dimensional generalized Poincaré conjecture. Freedman and Robion Kirby showed that an exotic R4 manifold exists...
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  • generalization of the Poincaré conjecture to the non-simply connected case. The conjecture is implied by Thurston's geometrization conjecture, which was proven...
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    nearly a century, Grigori Perelman proved the Poincaré conjecture (see the Solution of the Poincaré conjecture). William Thurston's geometrization program...
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    smooth Poincaré conjecture is known in all dimensions other than 4 (it is usually false in dimensions at least 7; see exotic sphere). The Poincaré conjecture...
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  • dimension 3 (the original Poincaré conjecture) by Grigori Perelman in 2005. The resolution of the smooth Poincaré conjecture in dimensions 5 and larger...
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  • Poincaré theorem may refer to: Poincaré conjecture, on homeomorphisms to the sphere; Poincaré recurrence theorem, on sufficient conditions for recurrence...
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  • be measured. The seven problems are: P versus NP The Hodge conjecture The Poincaré conjecture - solved, by Grigori Perelman The Riemann hypothesis Yang-Mills...
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  • homotopy n-spheres are homeomorphic to the n-sphere by the generalized Poincaré conjecture, proved by Stephen Smale in dimensions bigger than 4, Michael Freedman...
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  • mathematicians) of some of the circumstances surrounding the proof of the Poincaré conjecture, one of the most important accomplishments of 20th and 21st century...
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  • mathematics, the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture (often called the Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture) describes the set of rational solutions to...
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  • the Poincaré conjecture, was solved by Grigori Perelman in 2003. However, a generalization called the smooth four-dimensional Poincaré conjecture—that...
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  • conjecture has been proved for dimensions 1 and 2, and it is known that the 3-dimensional version of the conjecture implies the Poincaré conjecture....
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  • theorem Poincaré algebra K-Poincaré algebra Super-Poincaré algebra Poincaré–Bjerknes circulation theorem Poincaré complex Poincaré conjecture, one of...
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