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Arithmetic geometry

IUT Challenger Prize

Publish the first qualifying paper that demonstrates an essential and inherent flaw in Shinichi Mochizuki’s inter-universal Teichmüller theory.

IUT theoryabc conjectureproof verification
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The problem

Publish the first qualifying paper that demonstrates an essential and inherent flaw in Shinichi Mochizuki’s inter-universal Teichmüller theory.

Date noteThis is a falsification challenge about IUT, not a direct prize for proving or disproving the abc conjecture.
Open since2023challenge launch
Last checked2026.07.26Catalog verification
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Reward offers

Offer 01$1,000,000Nobuo Kawakami
Personal offer

The paper must be peer reviewed and accepted by a qualifying MathSciNet-indexed journal. Kawakami is the sole final adjudicator and the evaluation method is not disclosed.

Private adjudication with opaque criteria; community status is disputed.

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Sources & reading

1 unique reference linksOfficial challenge page