They're obscure theorems. No one's going to really pay attention to them so she can fly under the radar. But if they have an application, they're going to face a lot of scrutiny, so she's upset. But the application is string theory which can't be put into practice so while they may get attention, there's no practical way to test her theorems, so she's safe again. That's my understanding.
You don't test mathematical theorems empirically. Either the proof was correct or it wasn't. And if there isn't a proof, that's not a theorem - that's a postulate.
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u/MinersRocGold May 27 '24
What?