Fields awardee Shing-Tung Yau lied in Chinese media about Poincare conjecture proof's attribution

On June 4, every Chinese media reported that "two Chinese
mathematicians finally solved Poincare's conjecture." (
http://english.people.com.cn/200606/04/eng20060604_270860.html )

Shing-Tung Yau and another Chinese mathematician Yang Le are the
principal endorsors of the two mathematicians Zhu and Cao's claim. In
Chinese versions of the news, Yang Le even boasted that "The American
Hamilton contributed over 50%, the Russian Perelman about 25%, and the
Chinese Yau, Zhu and Cao et al about 30%." (
http://www.popyard.com/cgi-mod/npost.cgi?num=90542&r=0 )

Yau also pointed out that "Cao and Zhu's work has much more value than
proving Goldbach's conjecture." (
http://www.popyard.com/cgi-mod/npost.cgi?num=90584&r=0 ) I think his
mention to Goldbach's conjecture is because a Chinese mathematician
Chen Jinrun made real contribution to it in the 60's and was since well
known by every ordinary Chinese.

I think the Chinese audiences' minds are heavily hijacked by Yau's
irresponsible words. Can some independent Western mathematicians stand
out and talk back?

Regards,
Yao Ziyuan

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: More on Poincare conjecture
    ... conjecture by Grigori Perelman. ... Beijing for a lecture by the Chinese mathematician Shing-Tung Yau. ... is regarded by mathematicians as a holy grail. ...
    (sci.math.research)
  • Yau versis Perelman
    ... On the evening of June 20th, several hundred physicists, including a Nobel laureate, assembled in an auditorium at the Friendship Hotel in Beijing for a lecture by the Chinese mathematician Shing-Tung Yau. ... The subject of Yau’s talk was something that few in his audience knew much about: the Poincaré conjecture, a century-old conundrum about the characteristics of three-dimensional spheres, which, because it has important implications for mathematics and cosmology and because it has eluded all attempts at solution, is regarded by mathematicians as a holy grail. ... He also mentioned Grigory Perelman, a Russian mathematician who, he acknowledged, had made an important contribution. ...
    (sci.fractals)
  • Re: Fields awardee Shing-Tung Yau lied in Chinese media about Poincare conjecture proofs attribu
    ... mathematicians finally solved Poincare's conjecture." ... Shing-Tung Yau and another Chinese mathematician Yang Le are the ... principal endorsors of the two mathematicians Zhu and Cao's claim. ... Chinese versions of the news, Yang Le even boasted that "The American ...
    (sci.math)
  • Chinese mathematicians added the final brick to Poincares Conjecture?
    ... Recently it is massively hyped on Chinese news media that "two Chinese ... mathematicians added the final brick to Poincare's Conjecture". ... Do these Chinese mathematicians really make a critical ...
    (sci.math.research)
  • Re: Fields awardee Shing-Tung Yau lied in Chinese media about Poincare conjecture proofs attribu
    ... mathematicians finally solved Poincare's conjecture." ... principal endorsors of the two mathematicians Zhu and Cao's claim. ... Chinese versions of the news, Yang Le even boasted that "The American ...
    (sci.math)
Quantcast