Robin Houston

The proof essentially works, I think. See the end of this thread for what I mean by that: https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/superpermutators/j5y24bOemiM …

But because it isn’t part of The Literature, other mathematicians are reluctant to cite it or rely on it in their work. So it’s in a strange limbo state.

Actually, I get the impression the proof was originally posted to 4chan, and was copied to the wiki by someone else, which is why it’s credited to Anonymous.

I think this is an archive of the original 4chan thread about the problem: http://4watch.org/superstring/ 

Here is another write-up of the anonymous proof, by Jay Pantone: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=forums&srcid=MTUwMTUxMjExNDk4NTk5NjY5OTkBMDMxNDgwMTA5ODA5OTYyNzcyNDQBdlNFMnM3eTVCUUFKATAuMQEBdjI&authuser=0 …

So anyway, @jpantone and Vince Vatter have been working on writing up the proof. Here’s the current draft. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=forums&srcid=MTUwMTUxMjExNDk4NTk5NjY5OTkBMDMxNDgwMTA5ODA5OTYyNzcyNDQBVF9leXJHY19Dd0FKATAuMQEBdjI&authuser=0 … It would be hilarious to publish a paper with lead author “Anonymous 4chan poster”. I hope we can make this happen.

Here’s a video from @standupmaths (filmed on the 30th October 2018) where I talk about this.