Epic 600-Page Math Proof Is About to Be Published, And Experts Aren't Impressed | Physics - ScienceAlert

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Eight years after he first shared it online, Kyoto University mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki's controversial, 600-page proof for a profound mathematical conjecture has been approved for publication in an academic journal.

Mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki.
Photo: Kyoto University

But there's a twist: academic mathematicians around the world didn't believe that Mochizuki solved the problem, known as the "abc conjecture," back then, Nature News reports, and they remain unconvinced now.

If Mochizuki ends up being right, he could revolutionize number theory. But experts in the field don't think acceptance in a journal is nearly enough evidence.

The abc conjecture is an unproven - unless, of course, Mochizuki nailed it - mathematical concept with far-reaching implications...

But no one has been able to verify his claims - the NYT reports that experts at the time compared the four papers to trying to decipher an alien language.
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