Assistant professor (of mathematics) at the University of Toronto, visiting Harvard Fall 2026. Forever confused. Algebraic geometry, number theory, etc. He/him.
So there's a mathematical question I've been thinking about on and off for about 10 years. For the first 5 or so years I made very little progress, but learned a bit about the general area (while working on other things). In the last 5 years I've made some modest progress with