Physicists just invented a math proof so complex, it doubles as a new form of
#torture for grad students 🤯🔢. Meanwhile, Quanta Magazine's editors are busy patting themselves on the back for making math sound like the latest Netflix
#thriller 🎬📚.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/string-theory-inspires-a-brilliant-baffling-new-math-proof-20251212/ #mathproof #gradstudents #QuantaMagazine #HackerNews #ngated
String Theory Inspires a Brilliant, Baffling New Math Proof | Quanta Magazine
Years ago, an audacious Fields medalist outlined a sweeping program that, he claimed, could be used to resolve a major problem in algebraic geometry. Other mathematicians had their doubts. Now he says he has a proof.
String Theory Inspires a Brilliant, Baffling New Math Proof | Quanta Magazine
Years ago, an audacious Fields medalist outlined a sweeping program that, he claimed, could be used to resolve a major problem in algebraic geometry. Other mathematicians had their doubts. Now he says he has a proof.
🎌🔢 Look! A math proof so quirky, it only holds up in Japan—because math knows about borders now! 🌏🧮 Meanwhile, New Scientist fumbles to fill your screen with
#ads and pop-ups faster than you can say "Pythagorean Theorem." 📈🤦♂️
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482461-the-bizarre-story-of-a-maths-proof-that-is-only-true-in-japan/ #quirkyMath #Japan #MathProof #NewScientist #PythagoreanTheorem #HackerNews #ngated
The bizarre story of a maths proof that is only true in Japan
A 500-page proof that only a handful of people in the world claim to understand kicked off a saga unlike anything else in the history of mathematics – and now there’s a new twist to the story, says Jacob Aron
‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya Conjecture
The deceptively simple Kakeya conjecture has bedeviled mathematicians for 50 years. A new proof of the conjecture in three dimensions illuminates a whole crop of related problems.
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