The 2010 Math Trivia Challenge

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A. Henri Poincare B. Bernhard Riemann C. Felix Klein D. William Rowan Hamilton E. Georg Cantor Cantor’s ideas are “a grave disease infecting the body of mathematics” H. Poincare Cantor is “a scientific charlatan,” “a corrupter of youth” L. Kronecker “Utter nonsense” L. Wittgenstein “No one shall expel us from the paradise that Cantor has created” D. Hilbert
Here you have to name the young mathematician born in Australia who has the following among his accomplishments: By age 2 he had taught himself basic arithmetic. At age ten he won a bronze medal at the International <strong>Math</strong>ematics Olympiad, at age eleven he got silver, at age twelve gold. Coming to the US, at age 20 he got his Ph.D at Princeton and at age 24 became the youngest full professor ever at UCLA. He has won almost every mathematical prize under the sun, including in 2006 the Fields medal at age 31. He not only produces some of the best mathematics being produced today, but he also writes textbooks and keeps a mathematical blog. Here are your choices. A. Richard Borcherds. B. Timothy Gowers. C. Terence Tao. D. Grigori Perelman E. Christopher McMullen
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