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Anime fans stumbled upon a mathematical proof

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Re: Anime fans stumbled upon a mathematical proof

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Post by Hamuko »

Izkata wrote: post #40
layer8 wrote: post #2

Previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18292061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23968618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39325146 See also: https://mathsci.fandom.com/wiki/The_Haruhi_Problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superpermutation#Lower_bounds,...

The image in the upper-right of the Fandom link was how it was posted in the 4chan thread, little disappointing it's left out of most posts about it. The character is actually from Steins;Gate , not The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya : https://steins-gate.fandom.com/wiki/Kurisu_Makise

Kurisu in front of a whiteboard with "You should be able to solve this" is a fairly famous post format.

https://www.google.com/search?udm=2&q=%22You%20should%20be%2...

Re: Anime fans stumbled upon a mathematical proof

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Post by Der_Einzige »

hilsdev wrote: post #58
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #24

Loath as I am to give 4chan credit for anything positive, I feel like the article subject is slightly dismissive with its use of the phrase "stumbled upon." The anonymous 4chan user clearly did the work , it's not as though they came upon a proof written in the sand. For all we know it was a grad student with an ABD in Statistics who just happened to like anime. But the phrasing almost implies it's not a true accompl…

4chan has a large cesspit, but it gathers a lot of intelligent people who can ignore the noise. For any interest, there’s someone somewhere who made a half decent thread on the topic. There’s decent barriers too (as in the less talked about boards are more thoroughly moderated than the ones that make the news, much like Reddit)

Shhh!!! Don't tell them that 4chan is the best origami/paper craft website on the internet!

Re: Anime fans stumbled upon a mathematical proof

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Post by ecshafer »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #24

Loath as I am to give 4chan credit for anything positive, I feel like the article subject is slightly dismissive with its use of the phrase "stumbled upon." The anonymous 4chan user clearly did the work , it's not as though they came upon a proof written in the sand. For all we know it was a grad student with an ABD in Statistics who just happened to like anime. But the phrasing almost implies it's not a true accompl…

> Loath as I am to give 4chan credit for anything positive

Why, whats wrong with 4chan? Outside of /pol/ and /b/ its just an image board with many different users.

Re: Anime fans stumbled upon a mathematical proof

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Post by lqet »

I am not surprised that the author of this great article is Manon Bischoff. I have been reading her articles on Spektrum.de for years now, and they are always excellent. Here is a list of all her articles: https://www.spektrum.de/profil/bischoff/manon/1486871

Selected articles get translated and published by SciAm: https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/manon-bischoff/

Re: Anime fans stumbled upon a mathematical proof

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Post by selimthegrim »

thomassmith65 wrote: post #28
tombert wrote: post #5

There's something unbelievably funny to me that actual mathematical papers have to cite a 4chan post. It does make me wonder how much hidden knowledge is hidden in parts of the internet; maybe this is the only genius mathematical thing we've found on 4chan...

ＴＯ ＢＥ ＯＲ ＮＯＴ ＴＯ ＢＥ ＴＨＡＴ ＩＳ ＴＨＥ ＧＧＧＺＯＲＮＯＮＰＬＡＴＴ

Zalgo, your parole is still in effect.

Re: Anime fans stumbled upon a mathematical proof

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Post by rat9988 »

hilsdev wrote: post #58
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #24

Loath as I am to give 4chan credit for anything positive, I feel like the article subject is slightly dismissive with its use of the phrase "stumbled upon." The anonymous 4chan user clearly did the work , it's not as though they came upon a proof written in the sand. For all we know it was a grad student with an ABD in Statistics who just happened to like anime. But the phrasing almost implies it's not a true accompl…

4chan has a large cesspit, but it gathers a lot of intelligent people who can ignore the noise. For any interest, there’s someone somewhere who made a half decent thread on the topic. There’s decent barriers too (as in the less talked about boards are more thoroughly moderated than the ones that make the news, much like Reddit)

Most popular websites gather a lot of intelligent people. Nothing specific to 4chan.

Re: Anime fans stumbled upon a mathematical proof

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Post by onetimeusename »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #24

Loath as I am to give 4chan credit for anything positive, I feel like the article subject is slightly dismissive with its use of the phrase "stumbled upon." The anonymous 4chan user clearly did the work , it's not as though they came upon a proof written in the sand. For all we know it was a grad student with an ABD in Statistics who just happened to like anime. But the phrasing almost implies it's not a true accompl…

This story resurfaces every few years but the original post was on the /sci/ board in 2011. That was a loooooong time ago and although no one back then would have said 4chan was good (it was never good), it also doesn't surprise me it was originally posted there at that time. I don't think it would happen now.

Re: Anime fans stumbled upon a mathematical proof

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Post by Barrin92 »

hiccuphippo wrote: post #14
nazgulsenpai wrote: post #3

It could have been a mathematician , you never know with that Anon guy.

If they were mathematicians, they would have published it, no?

A chess club I played at was frequented by a guy who used to work as mathematician but got fed up by it at some point and started to work as a chess trainer. Still did maths and blogged regularly but never bothered to publish academic work.

There's a lot of people like that in maths. Very talented but dropping in and out of it or doing it recreationally.

Re: Anime fans stumbled upon a mathematical proof

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Post by finnthehuman »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #24

Loath as I am to give 4chan credit for anything positive, I feel like the article subject is slightly dismissive with its use of the phrase "stumbled upon." The anonymous 4chan user clearly did the work , it's not as though they came upon a proof written in the sand. For all we know it was a grad student with an ABD in Statistics who just happened to like anime. But the phrasing almost implies it's not a true accompl…

>Loath as I am to give 4chan credit for anything positive

I love the fact we have somewhere unambiguously lowbrow on the internet. It's fun to watch how highbrow places talk about it.

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