Prominent Mathematicians Rebuke Recent Riemann Hypothesis Proof

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday July 4, 2008 @06:29AM from the here-is-your-peer-review dept.

Bryan writes "Xian-Jin Li's purported proof of the Riemann Hypothesis (reported on recently) has been rebuked by Fields Medalist Terence Tao. Fortunately, Dr. Li's proof fails alongside a respectable graveyard of previous attempts." Relatedly, jim.shilliday writes "The proof cites and appears to be based in part on the work of the leading French theorist Alain Connes. A few hours ago, Connes posted a comment on his blog stating that the purported proof is so badly flawed that he stopped reading it."

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Oh by Anonymous Coward · 2008-07-04 06:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

That kind of sucks.
sorry by Nyall · 2008-07-04 06:38 · Score: 0, Offtopic

you got pawned

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Oh SNAP!!!!!! Oh no he didn't! by Anonymous Coward · 2008-07-04 06:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Dat frog Connes put the z snap smackdown from his strong pimp hand on the Chinaman.
Re:What a shock... by Anonymous Coward · 2008-07-04 07:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Omg! A girl on /.! Everyone go run and hide!