Mathematicians just solved a 125-year-old problem, uniting 3 theories in physics

(scientificamerican.com)

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jug 6 hours ago
There’s a Reddit thread that provides useful context to this, what it is and the scope: https://www.reddit.com/r/math/s/OD0Jy9Rdns
SpaceManNabs 9 hours ago
The article does a wonderful job in providing context for the proof.

I really enjoyed the clear descriptions of the three scales.

paulpauper 10 hours ago
It's interesting how so many important papers are always on arxiv first. it makes me wonder what purpose peer reviews serves. I think also, this is to help establish priority over the result. So getting it up on arxiv is like a timestamp to avoid someone else deriving it at the same time and getting credit by having it published first.