Richard Hamilton, Who Helped Solve a Mathematical Mystery, Dies at 81 NYT > Science Siobhan Roberts 5 December 2024 at 16:22 He came up with an innovative equation called the Ricci flow that helped mathematicians explore fundamental questions that were once out of reach. © May Tse/South China Morning Post, via Getty ImagesRichard Hamilton in 2011. He is often credited, along with the mathematician Grigori Perelman, with developing a solution to a problem known as the Poincaré conjecture.
Login
