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Re:On Norbert Blum’s claimed proof that P does not equal NP by spaceseaman on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @01:21PM (#15029298)
> I am confident that by the end of the week we will hear substantive comments on the technical claims in the paper.

I am amazed by the speed with which mathematicians are able to quickly congregate and debate such things like this. It makes me excited to enter a graduate program knowing that people take academia so seriously. Their love and devotion to purely intellectual pursuits should really be appreciated every once in awhile.

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Re:On Norbert Blum’s claimed proof that P does not equal NP by astrodust on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @02:30PM (#15029916)
It's not like nobody's ever tried this before. There's many experts that have probably committed years if not more to understanding this and would be in a very good position to evaluate this paper due to their depth of knowledge.
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Re:On Norbert Blum’s claimed proof that P does not equal NP by kusmi on Thursday August 17, 2017 @06:14PM (#15041546)
In about 3-4 years you'll come to realize it's about ego.
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Re:On Norbert Blum’s claimed proof that P does not equal NP by solomatov on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @06:26PM (#15031886)
> Their love and devotion to purely intellectual pursuits should really be appreciated every once in awhile.

It's not purely intellectual pursuit. I am sure, eventually, there will be some applications of it.

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Re:On Norbert Blum’s claimed proof that P does not equal NP by OtterCoder on Thursday August 17, 2017 @01:16AM (#15033981)
> It's not purely intellectual pursuit.

I feel like you don't really understand theoretical mathematicians. Application is a side effect of the highest maths, not a goal of its practitioners.

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