We still haven't proven whether almost all mathematical truths require infinitely long proofs to establish with full rigor.

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Some conjectures suggest that most true statements in sufficiently complex systems may have no short proof at all, only extremely long or even infinite ones. This unresolved question challenges our basic assumptions about what makes mathematics knowable.

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Created at: 2026-07-19T16:18:35Z

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