Template:Did you know nominations/Hong Wang (mathematician)
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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 17:41, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
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Hong Wang (mathematician)
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Hong Wang in 2024
... that a recent paper by Hong Wang (pictured) claims to have solved the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture, described as “one of the most sought-after open problems in geometric measure theory”?
ALT1: ... that Hong Wang's (pictured) latest paper claims to have resolved the Kakeya conjecture in three dimensions, which has been referred to as “one of the most sought-after open problems in geometric measure theory”?Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3300958/chinese-maths-star-wang-hong-solves-infamous-geometry-problem?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article- Reviewed:
Created by EleniXDD (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
EleniXDD※Talk 03:53, 5 March 2025 (UTC).
- I just learnt that this may be too early. Are there any methods for me to undo this nomination? ThanksEleniXDD※Talk 05:30, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
- @EleniXDD: You are free to withdraw a nomination at any point; ALT0 could probably be solved by attributing, such as ALT0a: ... that a recent paper by Hong Wang claims to have solved a conjecture subsequently described as "one of the most sought-after open problems in geometric measure theory"? You'll need to add Terence Tao's quote to the article though. Let me know what you want to do; I may adopt this.--Launchballer 12:06, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
- @Launchballer:Thanks so much for the thoughtful solution! The alternative approach sounds perfect—I'll definitely go with that. EleniXDD※Talk 13:48, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
- @EleniXDD: You are free to withdraw a nomination at any point; ALT0 could probably be solved by attributing, such as ALT0a: ... that a recent paper by Hong Wang claims to have solved a conjecture subsequently described as "one of the most sought-after open problems in geometric measure theory"? You'll need to add Terence Tao's quote to the article though. Let me know what you want to do; I may adopt this.--Launchballer 12:06, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
- @EleniXDD: I'm happy to review this. Are you still thinking of withdrawing the nom? Tenpop421 (talk) 21:27, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
This article is new enough, long-enough, well-sourced, and presentable. It is BLP compliant and has no copyvio problems. The image a lot, which I like a lot, is free and legible at low resolution. As it stands, however, both hooks are a little misleading. Tao is describing the general Kakeya conjecture as "one of the most sought-after open problems in geometric measure theory", not the special case that Wang has resolved. @EleniXDD: What do you think of:
- ALT2: ... that Hong Wang's (pictured) latest paper claims to have resolved the Kakeya conjecture in three dimensions, a special case of what has been described as "one of the most sought-after open problems in geometric measure theory"?
- ALT3: ... that Hong Wang's (pictured) latest paper claims to have resolved the Kakeya conjecture, described as "one of the most sought-after open problems in geometric measure theory", in three dimensions?
- Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 15:35, 8 March 2025 (UTC)
