Re:A Solution of the P versus NP Problem?
by kittysasa on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:54PM
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Seconded. The flaws in these papers are not hard to find. They usually amount to misunderstanding of definitions or the results they cite.
Re:A Solution of the P versus NP Problem?
by westoncb on Monday August 14, 2017 @04:58PM
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Unlikely considering the author of the paper. I'm basing that on other comments on the thread which this section seems to be missing, e.g.:
> ...this guy is an established senior researcher at the University of Bonn
Even experienced people can make "silly" mistakes.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.04208v1
Re:A Solution of the P versus NP Problem?
by westoncb on Monday August 14, 2017 @09:03PM
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They can—but that doesn't mean we should assume it's a silly mistake (as opposed to a deep one) without more information than that he's an accomplished researcher.
To add to this, I have a Ph.D. in applied mathematics. I am also an accomplished researcher, albeit retired.
I make more mistakes by 09:00 than most people will make all day. Hell, my girlfriend would suggest that we can move that time forward a couple of hours.
- The proof will turn out to have a flaw
- The flaw will not be that hard to find (though probably not completely trivial; but rather of the kind: it takes much time to go to the details of the proof arguments)
- The flaw will not be interesting in itself and will not advance the field