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On one hand I am skeptical about strong claims especially in the early stage of the claim. On the other hand Schnorr is the person claiming it and no one has re
by EthanHeilman 6y ago
On one hand I am skeptical about strong claims especially in the early stage of the claim. On the other hand Schnorr is the person claiming it and no one has refuted it yet. I wonder how long until we will know for certain.
- j_walter 6y agoThe paper seems to be built off of the work of a lot of previous research. It will take some time to prove it, but again if Schnorr is so adamant that this is true he should have no problem with a PoC...even a simple one.
- EthanHeilman 6y agoNot sure I would agree that it would be "no problem" to do a PoC. Going from paper to PoC might take a long time. If you are very sure of a result, better to get it out early and let others look at it.
- marcinzm 6y agoRefuting it puts a massive burden on other people since finding the fault in complicated proofs can be very involved. Providing a PoC puts a burden on the person making the claim. So at a minimum not providing a PoC is a very selfish approach.
- pfortuny 6y agoHironaka has claimed to have a proof of reduction of singularities in positive characteristic for years (he got the Fields Medal for the same result in characteristic 0). Nobody has read the manuscript though...