The odds are:
or thereabouts.
at an improbability factor 1.2456 to the power of negative 10000! my my.
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]]>What a pity she wasn't right, but she may have pointed the way.
]]>Still, it's possible that she can just tweak her current proof a bit to make it work properly. She probably won't have to start completely again.
]]>http://motls.blogspot.com/2006/10/immortal-smooth-solution-withdrawn.html
]]>However, its a bit confusing, as it seems the equation is not actually solved -- it's a proof of the existence of smooth solutions -- does this actually help in practical applications?
]]>I was suprised to find out it was a girl that did it. Remarkable! I didn't know ANY girls liked math! lol..but seriously, how many math theorems were actually created by women? Its a pity more girls don't like math. Who knows? Maybe some problems just require a womans touch to solve!
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