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Ever since Shinishi Mochizuki presented his proof of the “abc conjecture”, experts have been trying to agree on whether it is true. Now there is a prize to refute
Downloaded from www.picturedesk.com on 08/09/2023 (13:40). FILE: Shinichi Mochizuki, Professor, Research Institute of Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University giving his lecture during the institute’s 50th anniversary in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto on November 15, 2013. According to Kyoto University mathematician Professor Mochizuki, the development of Teichmüller’s inter-cosmological theory has proven , that the “abc conjecture”, is the most difficult issue that has attracted a high level of interest to mathematicians around the world for years. (The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images) – 20210308_PD0559 – Rights info: Rights Managed (RM)
Since Andrew Wiles, who in 1993, after seven years of clandestine research, found proof of the Fermat conjecture he had sought for centuries and became famous thanks to the world bestseller Fermat’s Last Theorem, or Grigori Perelman, who proved Poincaré’s conjecture and survived the ensuing media frenzy, including all the honors and prize moneyIt is known that behind the abstract theories are very colorful stories and characters.
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