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Nature 424, 12-13 (3 July 2003) | doi:10.1038/424012a
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Mathematics: Does the proof stack up?
George Szpiro1
Abstract
Think peer review takes too long? One mathematician has waited four years to have his paper refereed, only to hear that the exhausted reviewers can't be certain whether his proof is correct. George Szpiro investigates.
Just under five years ago, Thomas Hales made a startling claim. In an e-mail he sent to dozens of mathematicians, Hales declared that he had used a series of computers to prove an idea that has evaded certain confirmation for 400 years.
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