Inter-universal Teichmüller Theory, beautifully introduced by Shinichi Mochizuki

Related to yesterday's claim of proof of the ABC conjecture[1]. I found this while looking through Mochizuki's wonderful and whimsical website[3] for any hints about how to understand his approach.

In his words..

“IUTeich” lies in the image of a sequence of nested universes. The theta function corresponds to the gaze of the little girl into the “small house”

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4476367

[2] http://www.kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~motizuki/top-english.html