Elin Oxenhielm Interviewed

This is from a very short interview with Elin Oxenhielm, published in yesterday’s edition of Sweden’s largest daily, Dagens Nyheter:

Have you found a solution to problem number 16?

“Yes, I have found a solution to one of the most important special versions of problem 16.”

What can it be used for?

“For instance to understand how blood circulation works, or how animals move [in flocks/herds?], to create more human-like robots, and also to find more stable materials for aircraft.”

In the press release you say that this could become a book like the best seller Fermat’s Enigma or a movie like Academy Award-winning A Beautiful Mind. Isn’t that a little overly self confident?

“If my solution is correct it’s comparable to the solution to Fermat’s enigma, which became both a book and a play.”

If it’s correct, yes. Mathematics professor Torsten Ekedahl says that your solution is based on unproven results, and that the solution therefore is flawed. Is that correct?

“My method works, and I can meet his criticism. But I haven’t had time to talk to him.”