Soh Kam Yung · @sohkamyung
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Nice.
"Mathematicians thought they were on the cusp of proving a conjecture about the ancient structures known as Apollonian circles. But a summer project would lead to its downfall."
https://www.quantamagazine.org/two-students-unravel-a-widely-believed-math-conjecture-20230810/
#mathematics #conjectures #proofs
Knowledge Zone · @kzoneind
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#KnowledgeByte: #Theorems, #Lemmas, #Conjectures and more - Some common definition and brief concepts. #Math101
#math101 #conjectures #lemmas #theorems #knowledgebyte
P.P. · @inerkor
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https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-mathematicians-solve-19th-century-number-riddle
Patterson's conjecture solved
#numbertheory #conjectures #patterson
Soh Kam Yung · @sohkamyung
556 followers · 11288 posts · Server mstdn.ioInteresting. A conjecture about Boolean functions has just been proven. Article also shows the real world relevance of the conjecture and other related measures of Boolean functions.
#conjectures #computerscience #mathematics #proofs