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Is the abc conjecture actually true, and does Shinichi Mochizuki's inter-universal Teichmuller theory really prove it?

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Mochizuki claims a proof through his inter-universal Teichmuller theory, formally published in 2021 by the journal he edits, but Peter Scholze and Jakob Stix identified what they describe as a serious, unfixable gap around a step called Corollary 3.12 in 2018, and most number theorists have not accepted the proof as correct.

What would resolve this Either a version of the argument that resolves the Scholze-Stix objection in a way the wider number theory community accepts, or an independent proof, or a counterexample.
OpenNumber theoryErica Klarreich, Klarreich, Titans of Mathematics Clash Over ABC Conjecture (2018)
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Klarreich, Titans of Mathematics Clash Over ABC Conjecture (2018)
Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, September 20, 2018, 2018https://www.quantamagazine.org/titans-of-mathematics-clash-over-epic-proof-of-abc-conjecture-20180920/View the Source
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