26/08/01 00:19:20.90 USUxMf+J.net
Abel Prize Laureate Gerd Faltings shares his official position on the infamous ABC Conjecture proof by his former PhD student, Shinichi Mochizuki.
In 2012, Mochizuki published a 500+ page paper claiming to have solved the ABC conjecture — one of the biggest open problems in number theory. More than a decade later, the mathematical community remains split, with many finding the inter-universal Teichmüller theory nearly impossible to digest. Here is what Faltings thinks about his student's work.
Excerpt from the post Abel Prize 2026 ceremony interview.
0:00 - "If I'm at page 500, I've forgotten page 1"
0:10 - Did Mochizuki prove the ABC Conjecture?
1:00 - Faltings' official position
1:55 - "PhD students are like children..."
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