[Xmd5a]

> they get inundated with kooky proofs from amateurs

Source?

[nullc]

https://www.ufv.ca/media/faculty/gregschlitt/information/Wha...

[fn-mote]

The citation needed is for the other part, which claims a mathematician got an amateur proof which was correct.

Nobody is reading unsolicited proofs. They are like spam.

Source: personal friend of a “crank”.