TheClayMathematicsInstitute in Cambridge, MA, has named "Pversus NP" as one of its "Millennium" problems, and offers $1 million to anyonewhoprovides a verified proof.
The development is the latest Millennium Commission-funded project to be surrounded in controversy, following the financial woes of the Dome and the structural problems of the Millennium Bridge, which was designed by Lord Foster, the architect of the British Museum's new glass roof.
Mr Guenier said Taskforce 2000, which was set up by the last Tory government, also feared international banks might suffer from problems associated with the millennium bug.