The mathematician who had spent seven years working on deciphering a riddle finally solved by an amateur

The mathematician Jared Duke Lichtman of Stanford University received an unexpected e-mail containing the answer to Erdős problem 1196, a decades-old riddle he was working on.

Published on RocksNews: 28 Sept 2026, 10:10 UTC
Updated: 28 Sept 2026, 10:11 UTC
Language: English (Original language: French)

The mathematician who had spent seven years working on deciphering a riddle finally solved by an amateur — The mathematician who had spent seven years working on deciphering a riddle finally solved by an amateur — Image credit: BBC News Afrique

The mathematician Jared Duke Lichtman of Stanford University received an unexpected e-mail containing the answer to Erdős problem 1196, a decades-old riddle he was working on.

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