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If a lot of very smart people didn’t find a single example in all the years knot theory has existed, it obviously is not that obvious.
by lifeinthevoid 1y ago
If a lot of very smart people didn’t find a single example in all the years knot theory has existed, it obviously is not that obvious.
- jxbdbdbd 1y agoThat is not necessarily true. Knot theory is quite niche, maybe nobody before tried bruteforcing counter examples
- nyeah 1y agoIt's not necessarily true. But it's pretty likely. It's worth considering as a possibility.
- trueismywork 1y agoWe have huge data about knots in protein folding. Given that the proof is a counterexqmple, if it was easy, it should have been observed already in data I feel.