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c7btoday at 8:33 AM2 repliesview on HN

Even funnier that it wouldn't even be the first time that happens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman


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yen223today at 10:42 AM

It's very likely that no one will claim any of the cash prizes, which is funny to me

thrancetoday at 10:40 AM

And he also gave up his trophy, which is displayed in a random corridor of a random math museum in Paris, where visitors pass by without looking, lacking most, if not all, of the context. Only because I knew the story and the man did I recognize the object for what it was.

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