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'''ABC@home''' was a [[wikipedia:volunteer computing|volunteer computing]] project running on the [[BOINC]] platform that searched for '''abc-triples''', sets of numbers related to the [[wikipedia:abc conjecture|abc conjecture]], one of the best known open problems in [[wikipedia:number theory|number theory]].<ref name="wikipedia">{{Cite web|title=ABC@Home|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC@Home|website=Wikipedia|access-date=2026-07-18}}</ref> The project was organized by the Mathematical Institute of [[wikipedia:Leiden University|Leiden University]] in the Netherlands, together with the Dutch Kennislink science communication institute, and ran from 2006 until it ceased operations in 2015.<ref name="palenstijn2023">{{Cite journal|last=Alvarez-Salazar|first=Elise|last2=Barrios|first2=Alexander J.|last3=Henaku|first3=Calvin|last4=Soller|first4=Summer|title=On abc triples of the form (1, c − 1, c)|journal=arXiv preprint|year=2023|arxiv=2301.01376}}</ref>

'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130331200159/http://abcathome.com/ ABC@home]''' was a [[wikipedia:volunteer computing|volunteer computing]] project running on the [[BOINC]] platform that searched for '''abc-triples''', sets of numbers related to the [[wikipedia:abc conjecture|abc conjecture]], one of the best known open problems in [[wikipedia:number theory|number theory]].<ref name="wikipedia">{{Cite web|title=ABC@Home|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC@Home|website=Wikipedia|access-date=2026-07-18}}</ref> The project was organized by the Mathematical Institute of [[wikipedia:Leiden University|Leiden University]] in the Netherlands, together with the Dutch Kennislink science communication institute, and ran from 2006 until it ceased operations in 2015.<ref name="palenstijn2023">{{Cite journal|last=Alvarez-Salazar|first=Elise|last2=Barrios|first2=Alexander J.|last3=Henaku|first3=Calvin|last4=Soller|first4=Summer|title=On abc triples of the form (1, c − 1, c)|journal=arXiv preprint|year=2023|arxiv=2301.01376}}</ref>

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-'''ABC@home''' was a [[wikipedia:volunteer computing|volunteer computing]] project running on the [[BOINC]] platform that searched for '''abc-triples''', sets of numbers related to the [[wikipedia:abc conjecture|abc conjecture]], one of the best known open problems in [[wikipedia:number theory|number theory]].<ref name="wikipedia">{{Cite web|title=ABC@Home|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC@Home|website=Wikipedia|access-date=2026-07-18}}</ref> The project was organized by the Mathematical Institute of [[wikipedia:Leiden University|Leiden University]] in the Netherlands, together with the Dutch Kennislink science communication institute, and ran from 2006 until it ceased operations in 2015.<ref name="palenstijn2023">{{Cite journal|last=Alvarez-Salazar|first=Elise|last2=Barrios|first2=Alexander J.|last3=Henaku|first3=Calvin|last4=Soller|first4=Summer|title=On abc triples of the form (1, c − 1, c)|journal=arXiv preprint|year=2023|arxiv=2301.01376}}</ref>
+'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130331200159/http://abcathome.com/ ABC@home]''' was a [[wikipedia:volunteer computing|volunteer computing]] project running on the [[BOINC]] platform that searched for '''abc-triples''', sets of numbers related to the [[wikipedia:abc conjecture|abc conjecture]], one of the best known open problems in [[wikipedia:number theory|number theory]].<ref name="wikipedia">{{Cite web|title=ABC@Home|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC@Home|website=Wikipedia|access-date=2026-07-18}}</ref> The project was organized by the Mathematical Institute of [[wikipedia:Leiden University|Leiden University]] in the Netherlands, together with the Dutch Kennislink science communication institute, and ran from 2006 until it ceased operations in 2015.<ref name="palenstijn2023">{{Cite journal|last=Alvarez-Salazar|first=Elise|last2=Barrios|first2=Alexander J.|last3=Henaku|first3=Calvin|last4=Soller|first4=Summer|title=On abc triples of the form (1, c − 1, c)|journal=arXiv preprint|year=2023|arxiv=2301.01376}}</ref>
 == Background ==