Poincaré conjecture

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The Poincaré conjecture is a landmark problem in topology that characterizes the three-dimensional sphere among three-dimensional manifolds and was famously solved by Grigori Perelman in the early 2000s.

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instanceOf mathematical conjecture ⓘ
topology conjecture ⓘ
concerns 3-manifolds ⓘ
three-dimensional sphere ⓘ
topological characterization of the 3-sphere ⓘ
difficulty famously difficult problem ⓘ
dimension 3 ⓘ
field differential topology ⓘ
geometric topology ⓘ
topology ⓘ
fullyResolvedIn early 21st century ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th-century mathematics ⓘ
impliedBy geometrization conjecture ⓘ
importance central result in 3-manifold theory ⓘ
first solved Millennium Prize Problem ⓘ
landmark problem in topology ⓘ
influenced development of geometric analysis ⓘ
study of Ricci flow ⓘ
involvesConcept 3-sphere S^3 ⓘ
closed manifold ⓘ
fundamental group ⓘ
homology ⓘ
homotopy ⓘ
simply connected space ⓘ
millenniumPrizeDecision prize declined by Grigori Perelman ⓘ
millenniumPrizeStatus solution verified ⓘ
namedAfter Henri Poincaré ⓘ
originallyFormulatedBy Henri Poincaré ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1904 ⓘ
partOf Millennium Prize Problems ⓘ
proofPublishedAs series of preprints on arXiv ⓘ
recognizedBy Clay Mathematics Institute ⓘ
relatedConjecture geometrization conjecture ⓘ
solutionBasedOn Richard S. Hamilton's Ricci flow program ⓘ
linked to: Ricci flow
solutionMethod Ricci flow with surgery ⓘ
solutionYears 2002 ⓘ
2003 ⓘ
2004 ⓘ
solvedBy Grigori Perelman ⓘ
statementForm Every closed simply connected 3-manifold is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere ⓘ
status proved ⓘ
subfield 3-manifold theory ⓘ
topic homeomorphism ⓘ
homotopy 3-sphere ⓘ
simply connected manifolds ⓘ
topological equivalence ⓘ

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Ricci flow → usedInProofOf → Poincaré conjecture ⓘ
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geometrization conjecture → recognizedBy → Clay Millennium Prize Problem on the Poincaré conjecture ⓘ
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Dehn lemma → relatedTo → Poincaré conjecture ⓘ
Finite extinction time for the solutions to the Ricci flow on certain three-manifolds → mainTopic → Poincaré conjecture ⓘ
Finite extinction time for the solutions to the Ricci flow on certain three-manifolds → associatedConjecture → Poincaré conjecture ⓘ