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A (Correct) Poincare Proof!?

Posted by Hemos on from the working-it-out dept.

aphyscher writes "About a year ago, there was an announcement that M.J. Dunwoody had proved the (in)famous Poincare conjecture. His paper turned out to have a slight problem, and so it remained unsolved... until perhaps now! Sergey Nikitin has posted a preprint of what may perhaps be an actual proof."

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  1. Re:Though i'm not stupid by Alexis+Morissette · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I didn't understand it fully, but from what I can tell, it has something to do with rubber bands and doughnuts.

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  2. Re:I solved it! by Lil'wombat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I solved it too! But the lameness filter prevents me from posting.

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