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Hyderabad mathematician claims he has solved Riemann Hypothesis
- belter 5y agoI wish him luck ( really...): http://empslocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/mrwatkin/zeta/RHproofs.htm http://empslocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/mrwatkin/zeta/RHproof...
- jjgreen 5y agoSee answers & comments in https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4185354/ https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4185354/
- shusaku 5y agoIt’s a shame they had to close the question, though I understand that exchanges have strict rules about question formats (for good reason). But it’s be nice to get more context on this
- belter 5y agoKeep in mind you have Fields Medalists taking a shot at it ( and it looks like ...failing...) "Reading into Atiyah's Proof" https://rjlipton.wpcomstaging.com/2018/09/26/reading-into-atiyahs-proof/ https://rjlipton.wpcomstaging.com/2018/09/26/reading-into-at...
- moralestapia 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority Please improve your dialectic skills so we could have a much better exchange of ideas.
- belter 5y agoAre you sure you understand how "Argument from authority" works ? How does that apply to my comment ?
- moralestapia 5y ago>Keep in mind you have Fields Medalists taking a shot at it [...] This is meaningless.
- yellowcake0 5y agoI'm not sure what you're driving at here. But Atiyah was suffering from dementia by this point and the math community was just too embarrassed to address it directly. They even let him give a talk on his RH proof where he further embarrassed himself.
- belter 5y agoThat is interesting information and I will look further into that as you raised my curiosity. I watched the video of his presentation and could not see signs of dementia. If that is as you say then the math community exponentially embarrassed themselves by discussing the mathematical details of his proofs. Did they also do that out of respect for him ?
- yellowcake0 5y agoHe died only a few months after that presentation. Yes out of respect and, like I said, an unwillingness to tell him directly that his proof was wrong and then to decline to host him at the event.
- yellowcake0 5y agoI don't understand why scientists would risk their reputation in this way. Either directly or by association. Is it hubris? naivety? what is going on here?