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Thomas Hales submitted his work to the Annals of Mathematics expecting recognition for proving Kepler's conjecture.
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“So he published his work to the Annals of Mathematics, expecting a celebration that he had just, you know, proven Kepler's conjecture.”3:53Report a misattribution
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