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		Simon_says on July 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Decades-Old Computer Science Conjecture Solved in ... Surprisingly good for a Quanta Magazine article.

HelloNurse on July 26, 2019 [–]

It's an important and interesting but unusually simple mathematical topic that can be explained quite well without dumbing it down, leading to a "surprisingly good" article compared to scientific divulgation in general.

yeukhon on July 27, 2019 | [–]

What is the importance of such problem in real life?

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