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Re:Advances in number theory inspired by physics by swiley on Saturday December 02, 2017 @12:42PM (#15832992)
That's not what he's saying. He's just making an observation that physicists have a tendency to make mistakes with math if it's convenient for them, so it's generally not a good idea to use their proofs when you're wanting something mathematical.
Re:Advances in number theory inspired by physics by ajross on Saturday December 02, 2017 @12:47PM (#15833019)
I guess that's more charitable. But to my ears it sounded like a baldly pedantic critique of what is easily one of the greatest theoretical results of the past century.