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Twin Prime Proof Proffered

Posted by samzenpus on from the is-this-going-to-be-on-the-test dept.

HateBreeder writes "Continuing on a previous slashdot story regarding Arenstorf's proof of the existence of Infinitely Many Prime Twins, it seems that a hole has recently been found in the proof, however mathematicians remain hopeful that the proof can be corrected."

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  1. Re:Withdrawn by Silverlancer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This sounds very similar to what happened to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem--hopefully just like with FLT they'll be able to find a way around the problem.