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Re:Infinitely many twin primes by hzhou321 on Saturday September 30, 2017 @11:05AM (#15373151)
If you are interested in the problem, then only flaws in the logic are red flags.

If you are not interested in the problem, why did you click the link?

Disclaimer, I am not interested in the problem (but a bit interested in how the link get to the top here).

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Re:Infinitely many twin primes by zakk on Saturday September 30, 2017 @11:17AM (#15373221)
> then only flaws in the logic are red flags.

Sure, but the mathematics community knows that some red flags like the ones I pointed out, have an extremely high correlation rate with a wrong proof.

That's not enough to claim correctness or wrongness, and that's why I just spoke of "red flags".

> If you are not interested in the problem, why did you click the link?

I am very interested in the problem. However I am not interested in a thorough verification of the proof, which would take days.

Exactly as I am interested in some software projects, but I am not interested in performing a complete audit of their source code.

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