I will never grow tired of people solving old and famous unsolved mathematical problems while being unaware of how old and famous they are https://www.quantamagazine.org/graduate-student-solves-decades-old-conway-knot-problem-20200519/
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@noiob he probably heard of it I think (the paper was out in February, IIRC he died last month?)
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@emptyfortress oh! I should've looked more closely at the dates. Still sad though
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also it's sad that Conway died just before this was solved