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Re:Graph Isomorphism update: quasipolynomial claim restored by cromwellian on Monday January 09, 2017 @10:10PM (#13362232)
If only the ABC conjecture proof was handled as transparently.
Re:Graph Isomorphism update: quasipolynomial claim restored by aalireza on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @08:04AM (#13364493)
What you're saying implies that a situation is -even- theoretically possible such that a radically new mathematical theory with near-completely novel underlying frameworks that's essentially developed by a single guy over the span of almost a decade that necessarily resulted in a deviation from the route focused by the majority of researchers, could be `quickly` understood/vetted by other mathematicians via traditional methods of un-automated peer-review process.

I guess if that was true, we would have been a significantly smarter species, or at a the very least, had god-like context-switching or learning abilities.

Re:Graph Isomorphism update: quasipolynomial claim restored by cromwellian on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @10:38AM (#13365565)
What I meant is, the author of the theory for a long time refused to travel and present his theory in person to walk others through it.

Things might have gone faster if the author had taken the time to teach others and help them understand it.