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Re:Mathematicians Outwit Hidden Number Conspiracy by hardlianotion on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @05:08AM (#29793216)
There is a rather interesting exposition paper put out yesterday by Helfgott: "EXPANSION, DIVISIBILITY AND PARITY: AN EXPLANATION" https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.00799.pdf

Have only scanned it, but it seems well motivated and readable.

Re:Mathematicians Outwit Hidden Number Conspiracy by gilleain on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @11:13AM (#29796415)
This is great. Not only the acknowledgements section to MathOverflow (as mentioned in another thread) but also the section with a drawing of an elephant

> Incidentally, in earlier drafts of the paper, we did not have a “writer” and a “reader”, but a mahout and an elephant <<picture of man and elephant>> They were unfortunately censored by my coauthor. As this is my exposition, here they are

:)

Re:Mathematicians Outwit Hidden Number Conspiracy by ximeng on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @05:49AM (#29793453)
This is exactly the kind of thing I'm thinking about, thank you. It still looks challenging but certainly more accessible than the original.