Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjecture

Re:Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjec... by nutanc on Thursday September 20, 2018 @10:07PM (#18036726)

Agree with this. Don't think there are too many mathematicians who can really argue for or against a really important theorem. My prof has come up with one for Riemann hypothesis[1], but he is not finding anyone willing to engage in a discussion. Most mathematicians seem to believe that the Riemann hypothesis is unsolvable and I don't think it helps that my prof is currently not associated with any reputable university. It's as if proofs can come from only reputable universities and reputable mathematicians.

[1]https://medium.com/@nutanc/the-final-and-exhaustive-proof-of...

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Re:Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjec... by nerdponx on Thursday September 20, 2018 @10:22PM (#18036778)

It appears your professor's work has gotten the attention of at least one other researcher -- a Matthew Watkin at the University of Exeter. He seems to believe that it can be disproven by a student of analytic number theory [0].

[0]: https://empslocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/mrwatkin//zeta/RHpro...

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Re:Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjec... by masterjack on Thursday September 20, 2018 @10:42PM (#18036835)

Unfortunately way more often than not attempted proofs of hard problems end up flawed, especially if there are certain warning signs: https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=304

That said, I’d be happy to go over this as an analytic number theorist [email protected]

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Re:Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjec... by nutanc on Friday September 21, 2018 @01:54AM (#18037446)

Thanks. Will share the details with my prof.

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