Meta-analysis identifies unexamined assumptions in mathematical research on unsolved problems, suggesting implications for foundational understanding.
Version 2: Corrected and revised. A meta-analysis of the six unsolved Millennium Prize Problems, identifying 27 structural blindspots — unexamined assumptions in how the problems are formulated and approached. Key corrections from v1: (1) CH-independence is irrelevant for arithmetic problems like RH and P vs NP (absoluteness); (2) Chaitin's theorem concerns string complexity, not proof difficulty; (3) if RH is independent of ZFC, it is automatically true; (4) philosophical positions properly attributed to Brouwer, Lakatos, Wittgenstein et al. Includes honesty checks throughout. This paper presents speculative hypotheses and philosophical reflections, not proven mathematical results.
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