On: Mindblowing dissertations

[huhtenberg]

What was that famous math dissertation that simply gave a half-page counter-example for a certain well-established conjecture?

It's been decades since I saw it and all I remember that it featured Ω in the proof.

[peterpost2 → huhtenberg]

This one? https://www.ams.org/journals/bull/1966-72-06/S0002-9904-1966...

Edit: I was a bit too fast don't think you mean this one, still a wonderful paper :)

[pipework → huhtenberg]

Surely you mean Cleo, of math.stackexchange fame? https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/562694/integral-int...

edit: stackwhatever, sorry

[solardev → pipework]

My god, what am I looking at? Is this what mathematicians do all day? My brain hurts.

[itronitron → solardev]

This seems to be leaning more towards applied mathematics rather than pure math.

[solardev → itronitron]

I don't know enough math to understand the difference. I'm just glad there are people way smarter than me able to work in that field.

[Loughla → huhtenberg]

That's just such an academic ballsy move.

You all have your three hundred page defense of your research. Bah. Here's my half page massive Dick measuring proof.

[titanomachy → huhtenberg]

I asked ChatGPT and it very confidently confabulated something about László Babai.