# Mathematical prizes still on offer

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/08/26/mathematical-prizes-still-offer-0/
- Published: 2006-08-26T12:31:36+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman has turned down a $1 million prize for solving
the Poincare conjecture, a remarkably difficult maths problem. Apart from this prize,
there are still a few other major maths prizes awaiting claims. So, if your funding
bids aren’t working too well this year, find a friendly maths genius and see if 
you can persuade them to crack some of the following problems and then donate the
prize to your charity.

 * Poincare conjecture – it’s not yet confirmed that Grigory Perelman has solved
   it correctly. It’s worth $1 million.
 * Collatz problem – £1,000
 * Riemann hypothesis – $1 million

These and some other non-monetary-prize maths prizes are detailed in today’s [Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1858706,00.html).

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