The recent proof of the nature of the pattern of prime numbers is fatally flawed, and this flaw will be revealed before march 1st, 2013.

Created by JohnWittle on 2012-09-14; known on 2013-03-01; judged wrong by Qiaochu on 2013-03-01.

• JohnWittle estimated 80% on 2012-09-14
• William-Quixote estimated 65% on 2012-09-14
• RandomThinker said “which proof are you referencing? the ABC conjecture proof?” on 2012-09-15
• JoshuaZ said “Echo Random. I’m a number theorist and I have no idea what else this could be talking about, but it is a very strange way to say it. ” on 2012-09-15
• JohnWittle said “My friend told me someone had “discovered a deep pattern between the prime numbers.” I said, “oh, kind of like how neutrinos go faster than the speed of light?” and posted this. I apologize for the wording.” on 2012-09-15
• RandomThinker estimated 25% on 2012-09-16
• RandomThinker said “@john u might want to reword, if this is what u mean http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/abc-conjecture-shinichi-mochizuki-prime-numbers_n_1877692.html” on 2012-09-16
• Qiaochu estimated 1% and said “It will take longer than the next several months for this proof to be digested by the mathematical community. ” on 2012-10-14
• Qiaochu   judged this prediction wrong on 2013-03-01.