Student Solves The Conway Knot, Math Problem That Has Stumped Experts For 50 Years

[LiamEmma]

I can't believe that experts have spent 50 years on this problem. I've been studying Mathematics for only three years and I can easily solve this problem. I guess I really am a genius.

[dlevere]

The picture below may not look that complicated to people unfamiliar with knot theory, but it's been confounding mathematicians for decades.



Now, a graduate student turned MIT professor holds the honor of being the first person to solve the Conway Knot problem in 50 years, the Boston Globe reports.

https://bangordailynews.com/2020/08/...iner-tried-it/

https://www.quantamagazine.org/gradu...blem-20200519/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/...olved-it-days/

https://annals.math.princeton.edu/2020/191-2/p05

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