Grigori Perelman

Categories: High IQ celibates

{{person
| name = Grigori Perelman
| occupation = Mathematician
| birthday = 13 June 1966
| ethnicity = Ashkenazi Jew
| image = File:Grigori_Perelman,_1993_(re-scanned)_(cropped).jpg
}}

'''Grigori Perelman''' is a Russian-Jewish mathematician best known for several outstanding achievements in geometric analysis and topology, most notably his proof of the Poincaré conjecture, a major result concerning the characterization of three-dimensional spaces. For this achievement, he was offered the Fields Medal, the highest prize in mathematics, and the Millennium Prize of $1 million, both of which he declined, reportedly saying "emptiness is everywhere and it can be calculated, which gives us a great opportunity. I know how to control the universe. So, tell me, why should I run for a million?".<ref>https://www.azquotes.com/quote/771710</ref> When asked to elaborate further on his refusal of these awards, Perelman cited concerns about corruption in the field of mathematics and a plagiarism controversy regarding credit for the solution.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold_Destiny</ref>

Perelman is believed to be [[celibate]], with biographies describing his early years as "an ugly duckling among ugly ducklings... pudgy and awkward,"<ref>https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2010/04/29/he-conquered-the-conjecture/</ref> and no acquaintances had recalled him ever having had a girlfriend, despite reports that he is "heterosexual".<ref>https://www.brettforrest.com/shattered-genius</ref> His celibacy may be [[volcel|voluntary]], as he was also described as "uninterested in girls or anything other than mathematics."<ref>https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2010/04/29/he-conquered-the-conjecture/</ref>

His reclusive nature, low agreeableness, lack of patience for academic status games, and capacity for obsessive and extremely precise thinking suggest he may possess elements of [[Asperger's Syndrome]] or some other type of high functioning autism, which would further align with evidence that this condition is linked to math ability, with mathematicians being notably elevated in autistic traits.<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1005653411471</ref>

As of the most recent reports, he lives a reclusive and impoverished life with his elderly mother in a small apartment in St. Petersburg, Russia.
==See Also==
*[[Ted Kaczynski]]
*[[Nikola Tesla]]
*[[Isaac Newton]]

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