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user-inactivated  ·  3711 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Math proof too large for humans to check

The proof is a reduction to a boolean satisfiability problem, then the output of a SAT solver. They could obtain a shorter proof, analogous to Appel and Haken's Four Color Theorem proof, by proving the SAT solver correct.