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Perelman and all the surrounding controversy is the most extreme examples in modern times and I feel the mathematical community has got much more accepting of group contributions in the last 2 decades.

But yes, if the proof is only missing easy plug-able gaps then likely a mathematician would reach out to the author so they could co-author the paper. Anything else would be rude.

I was more meaning in the case where the proof has some insight but not apply it in a way that actually disproves the Riemann Hypothesis.



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