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by carapace 2552 days ago
Purely tangential, speculative questions: If you did prove that P = NP would you tell anyone? If so, how? Why?
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Yes, I’d check the proof with some trusted colleagues, because odds are I’m wrong and I’d want to know why.

P=NP is a very hard problem and there have been a lot of failed solutions (including some that are flawed for very subtle reasons that can be easy to overlook). Even many famous, well known people have fallen into the trap of thinking they have a viable solution.