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A century-old knot conjecture was wrong all along

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This video talks about a math problem that people worked on for a hundred years! It turns out the answer was wrong all along. The mathematician in the video explains how they figured it out.

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Q1 What is a knot?

Answer: A knot is when you tie something together.

Q2 Who is Matt Parker?

Answer: Matt Parker is a comedian who also loves math!

Q3 Where can you learn more about this problem?

Answer: You can read a paper online about the math problem.

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