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Which mathematician, born in Saint Petersburg in 1966, declined the Fields Medal in 2006 after proving the Poincaré conjecture?
Answer: Grigori Perelman — Grigori Perelman proved the century-old Poincaré conjecture in 2003 using Richard Hamilton's Ricci flow, and also declined the Clay Millennium Prize of one million dollars.
- A Vladimir Voevodsky
- B Grigori Perelman ✓
- C Maxim Kontsevich
- D Stanislav Smirnov
Grigori Perelman proved the century-old Poincaré conjecture in 2003 using Richard Hamilton's Ricci flow, and also declined the Clay Millennium Prize of one million dollars.