Unsolved Memes

Mathematicians have been pulling their beards out for centuries over the Twin Prime Conjecture, which asks if there are infinitely many pairs of primes that differ by 2 (like 3 and 5, 11 and 13, etc.). Meanwhile, this ancient sage is just sitting there with the confidence of someone who's either discovered time travel or had way too much wine, declaring "YES" as if he found the proof between breakfast and lunch. Spoiler alert: we still don't know the answer in 2023! That's mathematics for you - spending hundreds of years on a question that can be answered in one word... if only we knew which word was correct!

The ultimate mathematical cliffhanger! Pierre de Fermat casually dropped his Last Theorem in 1637, claiming he had a "truly marvelous proof" that wouldn't fit in the margin of his book. Then ghosted the entire mathematical community for 358 years! Mathematicians were left desperately asking "you have a proof, right?" while Fermat took his actual proof to the grave. It wasn't until 1994 when Andrew Wiles finally proved it after 7 years of secret work. Talk about the world's longest mathematical tease - Fermat basically left a 358-year-old math homework assignment that nobody could solve!

The mathematical equivalent of sweeping dirt under the rug! Every math student has experienced that moment of existential dread when the professor skips 17 critical steps with "it is clear that" — leaving you questioning your entire academic career. Those four words are basically mathematical sleight of hand, concealing what's probably a 3-page proof that nobody wants to write on the board. The real unsolved problem? Finding the courage to raise your hand and admit nothing is clear to you whatsoever.