Suppose I have the proof of the Collatz Conjecture, who do I contact and how do I ensure to get the most money, where do I publish it?
>>16781156> who do I contactyou are in luck, me!> how do I ensure to get the most moneyI will wire you 1.1 million $, that is likely more that price money put up currently for this problem.> where do I publish itafter reviewing it and sending you the money, we can decide which journal to publish on, or whether to publish online
>>16781179How do I contact you?
>>16781179Can you give me your email?
>>16781221>>16781324idk if you are another anon or OP: I was silly and joking around - if you took me serious, sorry for that!Serious from now on: First, know that almost certainly do not have made a breaktrough - it is just very unlikely. But, I would never discourage people to try regardless - one might learn new thinks and grow in mathematical ability, or simple enjoy the adventure.Because of that high unlikelyhood, I propose that you do not have to gain much by secrecy - hence you can just post it out in the open (i.e. here or on reddit) and ask for feedback. If you want, you could store encrypted versions of your proof somewhere (i.e. on github) so that you could retroactively prove that the idea is by you.It is unlikely that you will get someone to listen to you in other ways, if you are not already an reputable researcher. (even then... lookup the drama surrounding the abc conjecture)What I would encourage you in any case: Put it away for a week, and then try to poke holes into your own proof, try to find a flaw. Having someone else discover a flaw in your work is already good for our collective quest of knowledge, but you discovering those flaws on your own is even better! Also, having flaws in reasoning is no biggy, its just how to deal with them (see Andrew Wiles).Good luck and don't stress yourself out
>>16781775I already did those things other than the github part, could you tell me how to get an endorsement to publish on arXiv?
>>16782071hmm - one can write to math departments, but they might ignore inquiries that relate to those really hard unsolved problems. Still think that your most realistic shot is getting eyes in it via reddit, mathstack or some other online community, while having some form of encrypted proof of authorship uploaded online (i.e. just an outline - and it should be visible when it was uploaded/posted. could also be a thread on Facebook for example).*If* you get qualified feedback in that way, *and* others agree you are onto something, then it is not unlikely that some of those people are reputable enough to endorse you.Else, I think you have very small to none chance, because collatz is a very hard problem and there are simply many people thinking about it - so the folks that are very knowledgeable about it have to be picky about how to spend their time, what to focus on etc.
>>16782108Should I just publish on Vixra.org as proof of authorship? WiIl it get traction and be accepted as a proof?
>>16782174Sure, that would work too I guess. Then, as long as vixra.org is up and running, you have the idea of the paper tied to whatever name you put on the paper, and an upload date.I don't know about traction and so on though, sorry
You don't have proof
>>16783633Make a copy and publish it where it is undisputedly linked to you then approach a professor, then sit back watch the grifters lie through their teeth. FYI it is certain peoples entire job to investigate such things and they are pretty good at it.
