I'd like to know is his proof was reviewed, and what exactly happened.
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Back in August 2012, Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki announced a proof of the  using . What has been the status of his proof?  Has there been any progress made in verifying it?
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This week I was accused of cheating on two online exams in two separate classes. Both professors are claiming the lockdown browser recordings show &quot;evidence&quot; of me cheating. When I asked them what the evidence was and why I was being accused they stated that it is in the video and has been sent to the honor council for review. I did not have any extra papers, cell phone, iPads, etc. There was also a baby monitor in front of me because I have a baby at home and no one else was there to watch. We were allowed scratch paper and I used it heavily to the side of my desk but that is it. I'm assuming my writing/reading what I wrote caused me to be out of frame for too long or I was looking down for too long. Is this enough to convict me of cheating? I am facing failed courses and expulsion. UPDATE Regardless of my innocence. I now believe that my university is not giving me a fair due process. This excerpts below are from the university handbook regarding academic dishonesty and a FL law that applies to all public universities.  The student shall be provided with written notice of the violations against him/her in sufficient detail and in sufficient time to prepare for a hearing or meeting before an appropriate committee, hearing body, or designated University official; The University shall establish a minimum number of days in advance of the hearing or meeting to present the written notice of violations, but in no case will this notice be less than five (5) business days, except in cases of emergency hearings as specified below; The student and his/her advisor may inspect all of the information that will be presented against the student at least three (3) business days before the student disciplinary hearing or meeting, except in cases of emergency hearings where the student may inspect the information at least one (1) business day prior to the hearing.  I did not receive a letter outlining my offenses, I instead received an email stating that my hearing is on Thursday. That is 1 business day from my professors accusing me and 3 business days from notice of my hearing. I still have not been told what I did wrong and I am expected to defend myself.
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Something always bothered me with Fudge's accusations:     “Disciplinary hearing of the twelfth of August,” said Fudge in a   ringing voice, and Percy began taking notes at once, “into offences   committed under the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage   Sorcery and the International Statute of Secrecy by Harry James   Potter, resident at number four, Privet Drive, Little Whinging,   Surrey." - OotP Ch. 8 "The Hearing"   Harry cast the Patronus Charm, so he violated the Decree for Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery alright - extinuating circumstances aside - but how did he breach the Statute of Secrecy?  The only witnesses were Dudley and Mrs. Figg, both of whom already knew that Harry is a wizard. Earlier, even Hermione gets it wrong (don't tell her!):     They haven’t even reported that you broke the International Statute of   Secrecy. We thought they would,... - OotP Ch. 4 "#12"   Yes, Harry does use magic in front of a Muggle, Dudley, but even Dudley is not so thick that the fact that Harry's a wizard would come as a revelation to him. Harry cannot breach the Statute of Secrecy to someone already in the know.  Shouldn't Dumbledore point out that glaring error in the indictment sooner rather than later? Or at least mention it, at all?  Is there maybe a source that mentions the Statute of Secrecy containing a clause, that even the mere possibility of magic being witnessed by an uninitiated muggle is sufficient for its breach?? Cause if so, wouldn't even adult wizards have a really tough time doing anything, ever.  Possibly related:
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Although I have tested with a program and found negative answer, I want to be sure.
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I was just wondering whether or not there have been mistakes in mathematics. Not a conjecture that ended up being false, but a theorem which had a proof that was accepted for a nontrivial amount of time before someone found a hole in the argument. Does this happen anymore now that we have computers? I imagine not. But it seems totally possible that this could have happened back in the Enlightenment.   Feel free to interpret this how you wish!
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A recent downvote drew my attention to my  four years ago to . I edited the answer to update the links and to (very slightly) change the tone of the answer. I was in a very bad mood at the time of the answer.  Still, reading the comments, I think I was largely correct: it's better for the site if we encourage people to do a little research before posting. Maybe even just the "two minutes of searching" that I refer to in the answer.  I was considering deleting the answer, but decided to bring the old debate back to Meta, instead.  "Was I right, or was I right?"
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I am writing a master's thesis (in Number Theory) and there are multiple places where I need to claim that something is not yet known. Since I am not an expert (and even if I were) I would like to reference some more authoritative source than myself or, say, Wikipedia.  For example, consider the following statement:     In 1980 Schmidt proved that [some property holds]. No other necessary or sufficient conditions are currently known, though.   For the first sentence I can cite Schmidt's original paper, but how can I substantiate the second claim?
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There are similar questions and several answers. I tried to follow the methods provided in the answers.  They did not work. So I am going to ask it again with more specifics.  I only knew the date of the email in the in-box in 2012 and the content of it but did not know the exact wording of the subject. Is it possible to find this email?
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There are some general questions on this site about judging the reputability of journals in general:     and     I am interested in answers specific to mathematics, that may not have been raised in the other questions.  I received the following email from the "American Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics" ten days after submitting a paper online. How can I tell whether this is a reputable journal? In general, how can I tell whether a mathematics journal is reputable?      Dear Authors,      On behalf of the Chief Editor of the “American Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics” we are happy to inform you that your article entitled ‘A possible approach proof to proof the Riemann Hypothesis” is accepted for publication in (Jan-June 2015).      Please send DD/Cheque for US $ 250.00 payable to ‘ Vijay Kumar Jha ‘ to our address.      Our address:   Vijay Kumar Jha   Managing Editor   c\o. ACADEMIC RESEARCH JOURNALS (INDIA)      4383/4A, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002      (M) 08826561892      We thank you very much for your contribution and encourage you to continue submitting your future.      Yours sincerely,
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A friend claimed this and I can neither confirm nor refute it so far. Is this true?
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Would anyone mind explaining me how proof by contradiction works? I have a very vague understanding of it so I always avoid using it when it comes to discrete math. From what I've seen its something that is extremely useful when it comes to proofs.   From what I understand proof by contradiction is the following. Given an example I have to prove it to be true. I take the complete opposite from it and prove it to be false(?), from then on I can assume that the original example is true(?). If anyone would mind correcting my understanding, please do. Also, what would be a good step-by-step guide I can have in my mind when using it?
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I sent out links (read-only) to a number of people and am curious if there is a way to see whether people are actually going out and viewing that document.   I understand it likely won't have names for everyone/anyone that looks at it, but I'd be interested at least in knowing how many "hits" it got to make sure that at least some of those I sent it too actually looked at it.
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In , I asked about proof of statements which are simple but incorrect.   Here, I ask about statements which seems, at a first glance, straightforward, but if we try to write a proof, we can see it's much harder than it looked. So I expect the answers to contain:   the statement; why it looks easy to prove; why actually it isn't.
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This is from a recent article:     He was rushed to the hospital immediately and a battery of tests was   conducted.   Now shouldn't it be     He was rushed to the hospital immediately and a battery of tests were   conducted.   Which is correct and why is it correct? :)
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was apparently bumped by . It shows this on the front page of SO: 1min ago Justin Morgan  However, looking at the question, I don't see anything Justin Morgan actually did. Is this a bug?
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When I'm looking down the front page on , I often wish I could tell at a glance what happened to the question to bump it there. Sometimes it is obvious from looking at the number of answers, other times you have to follow a link to find out if it has been edited or if an answer has been added or updated.  I'm guessing this is just as applicable on other SE sites - this is the kind of thing I'm suggesting:    A couple of suggestions from the comments that might be good:   To reduce clutter the word 'ago' could be removed at the same time. The new text could be visible only to established users - ie users who are likely to be reviewing/editing and would benefit from seeing at a glance what kind of change has occurred.
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I found a better proof for a theorem than a proof from a published paper. Is it possible for me to publish my proof with the same theorem citing that paper?