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André Weil and the Hodge Conjecture

46 points · 17 comments · caojiahao

bee_rider · 1789678736 · focus · HN ↗
I wonder if we’ll end up in a weird situation a decade from now, where every conjecture will collapse into one of two states: counterexample found by AI, or assumed to be true.
1. vouaobrasil · 1789693866 · focus · HN ↗
  No way. Mathematicians don't assume things to be true even if there are no counterexamples.
  1. bmitc · 1789699396 · focus · HN ↗
    Generally, no, but sometimes, yes.
    It can be productive to assume something is true and see what happens.

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