alt.hn

8/23/2026 at 9:21:15 PM

An elliptic curve of rank 31

https://twitter.com/mathandcobb/status/2091618274320552349

by vicgalle_

8/24/2026 at 12:27:43 AM

Impressive. Wonder if we'll get something earth-shattering, like factoring, or maybe it is already solved just not public yet.

by nk_kolja

8/23/2026 at 10:13:03 PM

Wow! And it's only been a few days since one with rank 30 was found.

by frozenseven

8/23/2026 at 11:22:53 PM

The previous HN thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374873

Apparently the open question is whether you can achieve arbitrarily high ranks. And the username is "ranksunbounded" so presumably the answer is yes, and they're teasing it this way?

by krackers

8/24/2026 at 12:14:58 AM

I expect the name is more of a joke, not a tease of some result they've yet to reveal.

by Sniffnoy

8/23/2026 at 11:10:50 PM

Fuck this deliberate teasing and marketing. Call me when they are done.

by HappyPanacea