Mathematician calls it the greatest day of math breakthroughs ever — the media is silent
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-10-08
- Mathematician Obhishek Saha recalls the global media frenzy around Wiles' 1993 Fermat's Last Theorem proof, contrasting it with "the single greatest day of mathematical breakthroughs in history" — at least 10x, perhaps 100x more momentous — which drew almost no media coverage.
- He laments: "One result is a triumph, hundreds of results is a statistic."
- The specific results are not named, likely relating to a recent batch of AI-assisted mathematical proofs.