Comment by kevin42

The papers were all in a 'preprint' directory in GitHub. Academic mathematicians seem to think all research should happen in secret until it's completely proven.

But how much more progress would have been made in the last 100 years if they collaborated in real time? Watching the work someone is doing and spotting errors, or making suggestions would be a good thing. Unless the goal is simply to claim credit for a discovery vs the discovery itself.