An Elliptic Curve with Rank $\ge$ 29 has been found
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This Reddit thread from r/math is very interesting. Elliptic curves are super-important in number theory. Many unsolved problems depend on our understanding of elliptic curves. I remember reading all I could about Fermat’s Last Theorem in 2021 and learning the basics of elliptic curves so I could get a rudimentary understanding of the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture. Most elliptic curves have ranks of 0 or 1, so finding curves with higher ranks is very hard. I mean, look at the coefficients!