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Comment by 47484885

8 hours ago

Is math theory really that hard, or is there just not enough incentive to solve these problems via bruteforcing for peanuts in research grants?

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yewenjie  5 hours ago

Yes, it's very hard. Ask every mathematician and research group that tried and failed to solve any of those 300+ problems over decades.

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