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Anon wants to watch an anime (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/greentext

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http://4watch.org/superstring/

https://warosu.org/sci/thread/S3751105#p3751197

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-surprisingly-difficult-mathematical-proof-that-anime-fans-helped-solve/

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

mathematicians who knew exactly what they were trying to prove.

*weeb mathematicians who knew exactly what they were trying to prove and channelled their love for Haruhi to come up with a proof

[–] stevedice 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, yeah, it's 4chan, that's a given. What I'm trying to say is that it wasn't some Good Will Hunting situation. It was competent people doing what they do for a living.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Yeah. Good Will Hunting scripts make money...

I'm also not a fan of the title. They didn't "stumble upon" the proof, they walked directly towards it lol.