Comment by famouswaffles

Those Theorists are arguing whether the QR Hypothesis result is the biggest Number Theory Advance in 1 or 2 centuries because there was zero progress on it whatsoever and many believed that would remain the case in our lifetime. Any approach there would be surprising as no-one had the faintest clue how to begin this at all. There are like at least a dozen of these results that would have catapulted a human to instant fame and the highest accolades in the field. If you think about it, it would be impossible for there to be no surprising approaches.