What was the goal of Grothendieck's motive theory?
Chapter 1

Mapping the invisible shapes

Chapter 2

The bridge builder from Edinburgh

Chapter 3

The million dollar hunt

YOUR GOAL

Master of The million dollar map of invisible shapes

Ch 3 · The million dollar hunt
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diego The Million Dollar Hunt

Solve the Hodge and claim the prize (yeah, one million!) / Connect the shapes before our eyes (oh-oh, one million!)

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diego Why computers cannot solve it

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Why computers cannot solve it

diego Computers cannot solve the Hodge conjecture because it requires infinite proof.

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The companion problems in the race

diego The Hodge conjecture stands alongside other legendary unsolved math puzzles.

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Deligne's Hodge Podge
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diego Deligne's Hodge Podge

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Fun Fact

The unclaimed million: Only one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems has been solved since they were announced in 2000.

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Glossary
millennium (noun)
A period of one thousand years. In 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute founded the Millennium Prize, offering a million-dollar bounty for this proof.

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Gossip

How would you spend $1,000,000?

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Quiz

What was the goal of Alexander Grothendieck's 'motive' theory?

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diego The Clay Mathematics Institute prize

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Quiz

Who established the Millennium Prize Problems in the year 2000?

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diego Grothendieck's grand structural vision

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Quiz

Why can't supercomputers solve the Hodge conjecture by brute force?

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diego The companion problems in the race

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Quiz

What happens to a mathematical conjecture once it is proven true?

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Quiz

Which is the only Millennium Prize Problem to have been solved?

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Quiz

For what work did Belgian mathematician Pierre Deligne win a Fields Medal in 1978?

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Quiz

How much money is awarded for solving a Millennium Prize Problem?

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Quiz

Which French mathematician revolutionized algebraic geometry in the 1960s?

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