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Comment by chpatrick

13 hours ago

About two month ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobian_conjecture

We have absolutely no idea if this was a brilliant breakthrough or not. They haven't released any explanation of how it was found. A problem being old and prestigious does not mean its solution is automatically a brilliant breakthrough.

That’s just a counter example I can check by hand with almost zero background.

Wiles’s proof will remain a mystery to me.