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I'm sorry to be mean, but this title is stupid and condescending. He didn't use Word to solve the problem, he used Word to write the paper about the solution. It really has nothing to do with how the problem was actually solved. Might as well claim he "used Windows" to solve the problem.

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"The authors don't use TeX" is #1 of Scott Aaronson's Ten Signs a Claimed Mathematical Breakthrough is Wrong

https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=304

For context, the submission title was "This 67-year-old retiree solved a math problem–using Microsoft Word". Thankfully, it's been fixed.

Ahh, thank you. I was very confused

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