Re:In Mathematics, Mistakes Aren’t What They Used to Be (2015)
by indolering on Sunday August 28, 2016 @12:54AM
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This problem actually goes back to Descarte's proofs-of-god: in order to solve some problems Descarte needed infinite computational power. Guess who has infinite computational power?
However, once you already have a proof, checking is much easier (at the formal level). Modern mathematical proofs, however, are not generally written in a fashion in any way similar to how the formal system operates, so applying this in practice is non-trivial.