Wikipedia – The abc conjecture (also known as Oesterlé–Masser conjecture) is a conjecture in number theory, first proposed by Joseph Oesterlé (1988) and David Masser (1985) as an integer analogue of ...

Despite multiple conferences dedicated to explicating Mochizuki’s proof, number theorists have struggled to come to grips with its underlying ideas. His series of papers, which total more than 500 ...

(Phys.org)—A team of mathematicians met last week at Kyoto University in another attempt to understand a proof unveiled almost four years ago by Shinichi Mochizuki—one that he claims offers a proof of ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American My math news feeds have been filled with two ...

University of Florida provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. What happens when someone claims to have proved a famous conjecture? Well, it depends. When a paper is submitted, ...

In August 2012, Shinichi Mochizuki, Japanese mathematician from Kyoto University’s Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, posted four papers on his website that claimed to contain a proof of ...

A new proof about prime numbers illuminates the subtle relationship between addition and multiplication — and raises hopes for progress on the famous abc conjecture. Two mathematicians have found what ...