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He was ignorant of the fact that the problems were supposed to be impossible. That's in line with the parent comment's sentiment.
by presidentender 16y ago
He was ignorant of the fact that the problems were supposed to be impossible. That's in line with the parent comment's sentiment.
- Retric 16y agoSorry, no. The probably was supposed to be solvable. Once again, yet to be solved is not the same thing as assumed to be impossible. In the history of mankind nobody has solved a X^2 * (first thousand digits of PI) + (next thousand digits of PI) * X = 0. But, using modern techniques I don't think it would be that difficult. And if someone 50 years from now could find this post and decide to wast their time they might be the first person to solve a this 50 year old math problem etc. PS: Examples of older and harder problems: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Prize_Problems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Prize_Problems note nobody is saying they are "impossible" just unsolved.