Re:Why Mathematical Proof Is a Social Compact
by davidgrenier on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:31PM
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Good teacher, his Number Theory book felt really good though I have no comparable in Number Theory. I must say Number Theory and Combinatorics are the most difficult topics I got acquainted with in undergrad.
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Re:Why Mathematical Proof Is a Social Compact
by Tainnor on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:51PM
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Number Theory is really weird because the definitions and theorems are so often straightforward and easy to understand (you could explain Fermat's Last Theorem to a bright school kid), but the proofs can be devilishly complicated.