Why are mathematicians so scared to look at and validate his proof? I would love to see a good faith effort and have any mistakes found sooner rather than later. Does it have to be so personal? I don't consider myself a mathematician but I would love to understand how this works.
Did you actually read the article? Ignoring your implicit "experts in the field aren't competent to look at a proof and quickly understand it won't pass muster", the article provided numerous reasons why people aren't interested in vigorusly pursuing this. Unsaid was "let's not embarrass an elder statesman by showing he's not quite mentally at his peak".
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[ 5.1 ms ] story [ 17.8 ms ] threadBtw typo: Extra I in skepticism. :) No big deal.