Abstract

In the year 2000, The Clay Foundation of Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced a historic competition: Whoever could solve any of the seven extraordinarily difficult mathematical problems, and have the solution acknowledged as correct by the experts, would receive $1 million in prize money. These Millennium Problems encompass many of the fascinating areas of pure and applied mathematics, from topology and number theory to particle physics, cryptography, computing and even aircraft design. This non-research and purely historic talk will introduce these seven problems and any recent progress made towards the solutions. A great reference on this topic is the book "The Millennium Problems" by Keith Delvin, 2002, Perseus Book Group.



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