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I dunno, the prize might be a little overblown. All-in it seems like a pretty marginal improvement if you ask me.
by kyzyl 11y ago
I dunno, the prize might be a little overblown. All-in it seems like a pretty marginal improvement if you ask me.
- _rpd 11y agoI don't know if you're being sarcastic, but Wiles had to first prove the Modularity theorem for a certain subset of elliptic curves, which lay the ground work for proving the Modularity theorem in general. This is one of the major achievements of modern mathematics.
- ibmthrowaway218 11y ago"marginal improvement" was the key phrase
- kyzyl 11y agoIndeed. The curvature of my humor might have been too subtle. Easily mistakable for a troll. Luckily I'm often too late to threads--as you can see--to be subject to getting mobbed with down votes ;-)