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Mathematician Hurls Structure and Disorder Into Century-Old Problem

The Quanta Podcast

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The Conjecture of Ron Graham

Green realized these examples wouldn't lead to an easy answer for the Vander Verdeen problem. He spent a while trying to prove Graham's conjecture since he couldn't disprove it. Green: "I don't think I ever felt it with any great conviction that it was true"

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