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Re:A Solution of the P versus NP Problem? by 1ris on Monday August 14, 2017 @06:29PM (#15013614)
I just wanted to point out that's is not a theoretical possibility, but actual ground breaking work did look sketchy as hell.

The "The nice thing about math is that sooner or later the truth comes out" bothers me. The knowlege in Archimedes palimpsest was lost so long the eventually doesn't seem to be much comfort.

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Re:A Solution of the P versus NP Problem? by abecedarius on Monday August 14, 2017 @07:45PM (#15014071)
Grassman was another more recent example, though obviously we can't now find recent examples that will lie dormant for millennia...
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Re:A Solution of the P versus NP Problem? by interstitial on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @11:04AM (#15018853)
When we trust Academia to write their own history books, the theme is always "sooner or later the truth comes out."
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