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A math problem stumped experts for 50 years. This grad student solved it in days
- pmiller2 6y agohttps://archive.is/BCKoY https://archive.is/BCKoY
- nimbius 6y agoUgh. Clickbait
- colejohnson66 6y agoTL;DR: Conway’s Knot[0] is not a “slice knot” (a kind of mathematical knot) Here’s a better news article: https://www.quantamagazine.org/graduate-student-solves-decades-old-conway-knot-problem-20200519/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/graduate-student-solves-decad... [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_knot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_knot