Re:New math book rescues landmark topology proof
by jhgb on Thursday September 09, 2021 @02:29PM
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> Math is the most formal science there is.
That's assuming you ascribe to viewing math as science.
> Why don't serious math journals require programmatically checked proofs for all publications
Presumably it has something to do with why formalized mathematics is rare: it's hard. Even relatively simple concepts become quite hard to deal with when fully formalized. I suspect that mathematics on this level is simply not amenable to the treatment that you envision (at least today).
That's assuming you ascribe to viewing math as science.
> Why don't serious math journals require programmatically checked proofs for all publications
Presumably it has something to do with why formalized mathematics is rare: it's hard. Even relatively simple concepts become quite hard to deal with when fully formalized. I suspect that mathematics on this level is simply not amenable to the treatment that you envision (at least today).