Cos it's bloody hard. As is the Twin Primes conjecture, which is much easier to state

Simply, that there are infinitely many pairs of primes only 2 apart, like 3 and 5, or 17 and 19. Significant progress has been made on this but it's still unsolved.

And don't get me started on the Collatz conjecture...

Posted By: Old Man on November 2nd 2016 at 17:59:50

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P versus NP problem. If a Wrather could quickly solve this, you get $1 million dollars... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 2, 17:28:03
- P will kick shit through NP anyday. (General Chat) - CauldRon, Nov 2, 17:51:18
- I see no problems with the N&P. All the cool kids sit there 😎 (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 2, 17:34:00
  - #winning! :) (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 2, 17:35:53
- In a minute Dubs. I'm presently tied up knocking up a proof for the Riemann Hypothesis (n/m) (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Nov 2, 17:33:25
  - This modern day malaise, this infectious laziness (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Nov 2, 17:57:28
    - Cos it's bloody hard. As is the Twin Primes conjecture, which is much easier to state (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 2, 17:59:50
      - Reading about these unsolved problems, half the problem seems to actually prove... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 2, 18:06:04
        
        So here's a curious mathematical fact, due to Kurt Goedel (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 2, 18:15:36
        
        Doubtless you've read Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 2, 18:25:31
  - Typical Autumnal Wrath excuse, get slow during the colder months. Don't take too long pls (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 2, 17:34:37
- It's very obvious P != NP (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 2, 17:30:36
  - Can we go 50/50 on the prize as I brought it to your attention? (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 2, 17:32:12
    - Yep no problem at all. (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 2, 17:33:52
      - Ha, that's more than a few bottle fulls. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Nov 2, 17:35:09
        
        I love a challenge (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 2, 17:36:42

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