Shortest math paper ever published [Conway and Soifer, 2004] (fermatslibrary.com) 1 points by kevinwang 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] kevinwang 3y ago ↗ Here's a really interesting writeup by one of the authors explaining the history and context behind this paper: http://www.wfnmc.org/mc20101.pdfApparently the question posed in the title of the paper is still an open question, although both authors conjecture that the answer is "no".previous discussion on HN (2015): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10622660Other candidates for "shortest math paper ever": https://hsm.stackexchange.com/a/14612/18150
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 14.0 ms ] threadApparently the question posed in the title of the paper is still an open question, although both authors conjecture that the answer is "no".
previous discussion on HN (2015): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10622660
Other candidates for "shortest math paper ever": https://hsm.stackexchange.com/a/14612/18150