俄國的隱居天才數學家佩雷爾曼在四年前才拒領一份國際大獎，現在他又受到壓力要領另外一份價值一百萬美元的獎項啦！
佩雷爾曼博士在解開世界上最複雜的數學題之一：龐加萊猜想後，成為了第一個婉拒數學界中最高榮譽菲爾茲獎章的人。當時國際數學家大會在馬德里舉行，並打算在大會上將獎章獻給他。不過，佩雷爾曼卻表示，他不是數學界的英雄，對名利不感興趣，也不想要像動物園的動物一樣接受展示。
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現在美國克雷數學所想要頒給佩雷爾曼博士一百萬美元的克雷千禧獎金。不過43歲的佩雷爾曼過去四年已經與外界隔絕，和自己年邁的老母親同住在一間狹窄的公寓。據他的鄰居表示，公寓裡蟑螂橫行。他的鄰居也說，佩雷爾曼總是穿著同一件破舊的大衣和長褲，從來不刮鬍刀或剪指甲，而他在走路時只會看著地板。
位在佩雷爾曼博士家鄉聖彼德堡，有一間兒童慈善機構—溫暖之家，最近在官網上發出一封公開信，希望佩雷爾曼博士能夠領取這筆獎金來作慈善。信中指出，這位數學家在拒絕菲爾茲獎章時就已經表明自己的道德立場。不過到底佩雷爾曼會不會領取克雷千禧獎金還是一個迷。事實上，報導指出佩雷爾曼在受到詢問時，從公寓中透過關閉的家門表示，他已經擁有他想要的一切。
(International) Math genius urged to take prize
Grigory Perelman, the reclusive Russian math genius who declined a prestigious international award four years ago, is under pressure to accept another prize, worth a staggering US$1m.
Dr Perelman solved the Poincare Conjecture, which is rated as one of the worlds most complex mathematical problems. He then became the first person to turn down the Fields Medal, the worlds highest prize in mathematics to be presented to him at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid for his work. At the time, he announced that he wasn a hero of mathematics, wasn interested in money or fame, and didn want to be on display like an animal in a zoo.
Now, the US Clay Mathematics Institute wants to give Dr Perelman the US$1m Clay Millennium Prize. But the 43-year-old Dr Perelman has cut himself off from the outside world for the past four years, living with his elderly mother in a cramped flat that his neighbors say is infested with cockroaches. His neighbors also say that he always wears the same tatty coat and trousers, never shaves or cuts his nails, and when he walks he simply stares at the ground.
In an open letter posted on its website, the Warm Home childrens charity in Dr Perelmans home town of St Petersburg urged him to accept the prize and give the cash to charity. It pointed out that the mathematician had already taken an ethical stance by refusing to accept the Fields Medal. It remains unclear, however, whether Dr Perelman will pick the Clay Millennium Prize up. In fact, when contacted about it, he is reported to have said through the closed door of his flat that he has all he wants.