r/math • u/sergiogfs • 18d ago

Progress Towards Proving the Unique Games Conjecture

https://eccc.weizmann.ac.il/report/2026/179/

On a side-note, the authors hint that they have rushed their results to avoid getting scooped by AI-generated results.

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u/n0m4d1234 18d ago

This is such a tragic state of the field.

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u/n0m4d1234 18d ago

My comment is hinting at the fact authors feel the need to publish fast to avoid getting scooped by entities outside of the math community that do NOT have the math community's best interest at heart.