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by klyrs
1152 days ago
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As a mathematician, my advice to you is to build up some theory around this problem class. I find it entirely plausible that you can reduce 3sat to it. I'd encourage you to look for a reduction from 2XSAT to 3sat. Find some problems that are well-expressed in the language of 2XSAT. You might find something worthy of publication. From there you'll want to shop your results around at conferences. You may drum up some interest in your work, or even a collaborator. Just don't act confident that you've cracked a keystone problem in the field. You think you're on the right path, and that's exciting, but we've all been there and we've all met dozens of novices who were utterly convinced of their incorrect solution to this problem. It's a huge red flag that you're a waste of time. As a grad student, I got perhaps hundreds of "dear professor" emails claiming proof of everything from squaring the circle to the BSD conjecture. Reflexively running from anybody making such claims is a necessary survival skill. Math is a field where the bullshit asymmetry principle[1] is particularly stark. Finding a flaw in a proof can take vastly more effort than is spent concocting it. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law |
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I think professionals of every field have to deal with passionate amateurs of all levels. I understand why many people don't want to do it, but IMHO overemphasis on professionalism (culturally coming from enormous peer pressures) is hurting any field. The superprizes make it even worse.
> Just don't act confident that you've cracked a keystone problem in the field.
I am not acting like that, but I also have to be honest that my goal is specific - to understand why we can or can't have a polynomial algorithm. I.e. I have a strategy already, what I need is a 2nd opinion about some specifics of it.