Unique Games conjecture rumor confirmed, a major theoretical CS breakthrough
felpix_ · x · 2026-10-07
The widely circulated rumor about a breakthrough on the Unique Games conjecture has been confirmed correct. The conjecture is a central open problem in theoretical computer science with major implications for hardness of approximation. The post itself contains no technical details; a formal paper or authoritative write-up is still awaited.
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