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To quote, "To take an extreme example, if Mochizuki had carved his argument on slate in Linear A and then dropped it into the Mariana Trench, then there would b
by Koshkin 7y ago
To quote, "To take an extreme example, if Mochizuki had carved his argument on slate in Linear A and then dropped it into the Mariana Trench, then there would be little doubt that asking about the veracity of the argument would be beside the point. The reality, however, is that this description is not so far from the truth."
- chx 7y agoThat's Frank Calegari's writing at https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-conjecture-has-still-not-been-proved/ https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-con... not Tao's. Tao left a comment there: https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-conjecture-has-still-not-been-proved/#comment-630 https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2017/12/17/the-abc-con...