500-page proof claimed for the ABC conjecture

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Did you guys hear about this? Sudharaka was kind of enough to let me know about this potential proof. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/09/abc-conjecture.html?ref=hp an article about it. Apparently the proof is around 500 pages long so obviously the claim hasn't been confirmed yet and will take a while for the math community to comment on.
 

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Did you guys hear about this? Sudharaka was kind of enough to let me know about this potential proof. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/09/abc-conjecture.html?ref=hp an article about it. Apparently the proof is around 500 pages long so obviously the claim hasn't been confirmed yet and will take a while for the math community to comment on.

That's an amazing story. Kudos to those mathematicians brave enough to tackle the verification problem - I wonder if Wiles is planning on weighing in?
 
Lol, what's with the wile's thing? He pretty much achieved his child dream of fermat's last theorem. I don't think he needs to be in everything. Although it's mathematics who wouldn't?