Re:A fleet of computers helps settle a 90-year-old math problem
by plafl on Thursday August 27, 2020 @04:56AM
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I don't share your pessimism.
If you think a shorter elegant proof is more desirable, well, I totally agree with you. I think math is more about the proofs than the results. On the other hand I have zero problems trusting a proof checked by a computer. I don't know you but I usually trust much more computers with tedious computations than myself.
If you think a shorter elegant proof is more desirable, well, I totally agree with you. I think math is more about the proofs than the results. On the other hand I have zero problems trusting a proof checked by a computer. I don't know you but I usually trust much more computers with tedious computations than myself.