An elliptic curve of rank 31

(twitter.com)

19 points | by vicgalle_ 12 hours ago ago

6 comments

  • vicgalle_ 12 hours ago
  • nk_kolja 9 hours ago

    Impressive. Wonder if we'll get something earth-shattering, like factoring, or maybe it is already solved just not public yet.

  • frozenseven 11 hours ago

    Wow! And it's only been a few days since one with rank 30 was found.

    • krackers 10 hours ago

      The previous HN thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374873

      Apparently the open question is whether you can achieve arbitrarily high ranks. And the username is "ranksunbounded" so presumably the answer is yes, and they're teasing it this way?

      • Sniffnoy 9 hours ago

        I expect the name is more of a joke, not a tease of some result they've yet to reveal.

  • HappyPanacea 10 hours ago

    Fuck this deliberate teasing and marketing. Call me when they are done.