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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2017-08-16 12:00 pm

Interesting Links for 16-08-2017

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[personal profile] simont 2017-08-16 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
Ten Signs a Claimed Mathematical Breakthrough is Wrong

By any chance, is the appearance of this old(ish) blog post on your links page in any way related to the appearance of a claimed proof of P≠NP on the Hacker News top-ten list yesterday?

(Thanks for reposting it, also – point 10, with the analogy about ocean-crossing, is one of those things I should have long since written down in my handy file of things I keep wanting to quote at people, and now I have another chance not to forget to do so. :-)