Zhao Song and Xinzhi Zhang Solve Longstanding KLS Conjecture

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Colleagues at Microsoft Research have announced that the Kannan-Lovász-Simonovits conjecture is finally solved, hailing the result as a huge breakthrough. The proof was produced by mathematicians Zhao Song and Xinzhi Zhang, whose work resolves a long-standing theoretical problem in the field of mathematics.

The discovery was shared on social media on October 6, prompting reactions from other researchers about the pace of recent discoveries. Andrew Curran noted that the frequency of such high-level breakthroughs has increased, stating that the current pattern of these results has now reached 4.

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Zhao Song and Xinzhi Zhang Solve Longstanding KLS Conjecture

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