‘Oh, I’ve been thinking about this business with your uncle. I wouldn’t want you getting any crazy ideas into your head about following family tradition and tackling —’ I laughed. ‘Goldbach’s Conjecture? Not bloody likely!’ Sammy nodded. That’s good. Because I have a suspicion that you Greeks are attracted to impossible problems.’ ‘Why? Do you know any others?’ ‘A famous topologist here, Professor Papakyri-akopoulos. He’s been struggling for years on end to prove the “Poincaré Conjecture” — it’s the most famous problem in low-dimensional topology, unproved
You Greeks are attracted to impossible problems
