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Teen solves Newton’s 300-year-old riddle
- tokenadult 14y agoSee previous discussion, which digs into the sources and suggests that there is less here than the headline promises: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4029676 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4029676 Or see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4030148 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4030148 as an example of how a major mathematical discovery by a teenager is verified and followed up.
- norova 14y agoAh, thanks tokenadult. Searched around but didn't see it posted previously.
- igorsyl 14y agoHas anyone found the publication? All I have read is hype about this but I can't find the original source.