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Prominent Mathematicians Rebuke Recent Riemann Hypothesis Proof

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 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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  1. Re:Why "fortunately"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why aren't there any BLACK mathematicians?

    Hmm....

    "Diversity is our strength"

    Yeah, right.

  2. Re:Why "fortunately"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Having said that, Li is no crank. I had not heard of him, but that's no surprise since I'm not a number theorist.

    You haven't heard of him, but he is no crank. Hmm.
    He is of chinese origin and that says it all. The chinaman is in for money, wealth and nothing else. The typical chinaman has no problem in copying others' works. Or, in this case, to make himself known. And subsequently to get rich.
    I agree, at times there is some coincidental success, because the Chinese are not dumb. But thinkers? My foot!