Re:Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjec...
by singularity2001 on Friday September 21, 2018 @03:35AM
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Would it be possible to simplify the system by making default assumptions about a consensus/common-sense logic? Are topologists interested in different logical foundations?
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Re:Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjec...
by alimw on Friday September 21, 2018 @05:54AM
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You're right (and the GP isn't). A proof of your topological theorem in any one of Coq/Isabelle/Lean is a pretty good indication that it's correct, in spite of their various foundations.
Re:Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjec...
by Retra on Friday September 21, 2018 @07:36PM
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... assuming you correctly wrote your theorem in those frameworks.
Re:Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjec...
by alimw on Saturday September 22, 2018 @08:16AM
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I think you are exaggerating the difficulty of theorem statement compared to proof. Here is one (admittedly extreme) example in Lean, from the formal abstracts website.
theorem Wiles_Taylor : ∀ (x y z n : nat), x > 0 → y > 0 → n > 2 → x ^ n + y ^ n ≠ z ^ n := more years than I have to spare