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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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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