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Yesterday several people asked my opinion of a preprint claiming to solve the Graph Isomorphism problem in deterministic polynomial time. I responded: If I read all such papers, then I wouldn’t hav…

Shtetl-Optimized >> Blog Archive >> Ten Signs a Claimed Mathematical Breakthrough is Wrong Shtetl-Optimized The Blog of Scott Aaronson If you take nothing else from this blog: quantum computers won't solve hard problems instantly by just trying all solutions in parallel. Also, please read Zvi Mowshowitz's masterpiece on how to fix K-12 education! --> << Special entry for you, my friend Volume 4 is already written (in our hearts) >> Ten Signs a Claimed Mathematical Breakthrough is Wrong Yesterday several people asked my opinion of a preprint claiming to solve the Graph Isomorphism problem in de

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