I think GP's point is that if the larger math community doesn't care about option C, Fefferman shouldn't have given that option in the first place.
replyFefferman and the larger math community are not the same actor; a divergence between their concerns is not surprising.
replyBut Clay chose Fefferman to represent "the larger math community"? I'm calling out Clay/Fefferman here, not the community. Though the community also had over 25 years to contest the problem statement, and had no problem with it until now.
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reply> There is no question that OpenAI solved what the Clay institute is looking for. But that specific option C isn’t what the larger math community cares about, it’s a pretty niche case
replyI think you are agreeing with me? My point is that "the larger math community" failed to set the bounds of the problem correctly.