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> if you can find the problem in the proof

Is it still open whether there is a problem?

Last I heard about this, there was one guy saying there's problems and the author dismissing that as "they just didn't understand it" without showing much interest in explaining it better...



I recon the general cosensus among mathematicians (as that is what counts) is that the ABC conjecture so far has _not_ been proven. Mochizuki (and his school around him) seem to be the majority of people that believe his proof is correct. As you point out, Scholze has identified a supposed flaw in Mochizuki's argument, but anyone not already at the forefront of IUT/NT/ABC conjecture is probably incapable of telling if this flaw is a true flaw or not. As Mochizuki refuses to elaborate (on this supposed flaw) consensus cannot be reached and thus the ABC conjecture remains open.


Given his behavior, I wouldn't believe anything from that guy unless it came with a formalized proof.


If you mistrust authors and can't actually rule out someone trying to cheat, checking a formaized proof beyond a reasonable doubt is still a lot of work and needs a huge amount of domain-specific knowledge. An author trying to cheat would try to make everything chaotic and hard to read, as well as hiding subtle flaws in theorem statements.




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