<The mailing list software auto-discarded this. No explanation. --Rich> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:32:38 -0500 Subject: Re: Navier Stokes Clay $1M prize problem solved? From: Igor Rivin <igor.rivin@gmail.com> To: Warren Smith <warren.wds@gmail.com> Check out this MSE discussion, it has some indications of bogosity: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/634890/has-prof-otelbaev-shown-exist... On Jan 12, 2014, at 6:47 PM, Igor Rivin <igor.rivin@gmail.com> wrote: I hope he has it right, but it sounds a little fishy. I guess we will know in a couple of weeks/months. On Jan 12, 2014, at 3:22 PM, Warren D Smith <warren.wds@gmail.com> wrote: It seems Muhtarbay Otelbaev is age about 71, and wrote at least 80 papers reviewed in Zentralblatt, mostly 1970-1985. Most (?) were in Russian language, but some in English. Judging merely from the titles of those previous papers, he has high expertise in the right kinds of areas.