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Re:Problems of Traditional Math Notation (2004) by dvhh on Monday November 06, 2017 @02:05AM (#15633841)
it would be so much better if they used Rust
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Re:Problems of Traditional Math Notation (2004) by adamnemecek on Monday November 06, 2017 @02:21AM (#15633893)
More like coq
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Re:Problems of Traditional Math Notation (2004) by gnulinux on Monday November 06, 2017 @10:42AM (#15636212)
Coq is intuitionistic, classical proofs cannot be expressed. Mathematicians almost always (unless intuitionistic math is your niche) use classical proofs.
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Re:Problems of Traditional Math Notation (2004) by adamnemecek on Monday November 06, 2017 @11:41AM (#15636658)
It kinda is yes. I don’t understand why classical proofs are still a thing.
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