Well, *somebody* wants to be called a genius

[Joseph Nebus]

Bichitra Kalita, of the Assam Engineering College, claims to have solved the Goldbach conjecture by way of graph theory:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Mathematician-solves-270-year-old-conjecture/articleshow/16635760.cms

[danny burstein]

On Tue, 2 Oct 2012, Joseph Nebus wrote:

> Bichitra Kalita, of the Assam Engineering College, claims to have solved the Goldbach conjecture by way of graph theory:
>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Mathematician-solves-270-year-old-conjecture/articleshow/16635760.cms

Jimmy Stewart beat her by 61 years...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Highway_in_the_Sky

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goldbach%27s_conjecture&diff=424955059&oldid=424893193

(long url because someone deleted the following paragraph):

In the movie No Highway in the Sky Jimmy Stewart character portrays a US
scientist concerned about metal fatigue in the new British aircraft. In an
early scene establishing his scientific background, he discusses the
"theory of numbers", mentioning that "in 1742 Goldbach postulated..

[Doug Elrod]

On Monday, October 1, 2012 9:58:35 PM UTC-4, Joseph Nebus wrote:

        Bichitra Kalita, of the Assam Engineering College, claims to have solved the Goldbach conjecture by way of graph theory:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Mathematician-solves-270-year-old-conjecture/articleshow/16635760.cms

"Solved"?  Why not "proved" (or "disproved", if that had been the case)?  I had to follow the link to find out whether it was found to be true or not.  (Talk about burying the lead! :-))

What's the status of verifying the proof?  Is it only accepted in Bulgaria, currently?  (If you've looked it over and given it the OK,
I would give that some weight, too.)

-Doug Elrod (dr...@cornell.edu)
  wondering how much Paula's IQ goes up when she wears her glasses ;-)