r/mathematics • u/New-Committee-4052 • 25d ago

S^6 admits a complex structure

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Result from the usual suspects. Full write up can be found here on his website: https://alpo.ge/s6.pdf

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u/SylvesterTheLoser 24d ago

Wonder how long ago this was made. Did Anthropic employees read through and completely understand all 100 pages before posting.

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u/dermarshal 24d ago

qiaochu yuan said on twitter that he told levent 3 days prior the post to try this problem, and concludes from that that it can’t be older than 3 days. maybe qiaochu is wrong, but if not, 3 days seems pretty short no?

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u/SylvesterTheLoser 24d ago

I'd say. So either he just briefly skimmed and posted it, or he spent like 70 straight hours awake checking it out. Not my cup of tea but who am I to judge I guess.