"Regarding the abc conjecture, it had already become a protracted mathematical dispute."
"At first, when we learned that Shinichi Mochizuki had proven the abc conjecture, we were delighted. It fully showed that no matter how difficult a problem was, it still possessed the possibility of being solved in the mathematical sense."
"But regrettably, after years of studying Professor Mochizuki's IUTT theory, we reached the conclusion that although these four papers contained more than 512 pages, and later became over six hundred pages after supplements and revisions, they had consistently failed to make themselves understandable. Moreover, at crucial points in the proof, they were always exceptionally terse and difficult to comprehend."
"Even now, only a dozen or so people in the world claimed to understand Professor Mochizuki's papers, and most of them came from Professor Mochizuki's hometown and had certain connections to him."
"Furthermore, a few months ago, Professor Mochizuki's proof paper was accepted by the journal 'PRIMS,' of which he served as editor-in-chief. It was said that at Kyoto University, the abc conjecture had already become a theorem."
"I absolutely do not believe this was the correct approach. Mathematics should not permit a proposition to become a theorem almost solely through an individual's influence, as though ruled by a tyrant."
"So, it was time to bring all this to an end."
Peter Scholze mercilessly criticized Shinichi Mochizuki and compared him to a tyrant.
However, the vast majority of the audience nodded in agreement.
No matter what, when the mathematical community as a whole had yet to generally acknowledge it, directly treating a conjecture as a theorem within one region was clearly an overbearing thing to do.
The mathematical community was also made up of individuals, so many people were dissatisfied with such matters.
Of course, Shinichi Mochizuki's supporters did not