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So if a mathematical fact is known by one person, "it is known."

• 1024core 11y ago
  That's how existence proofs work.
  • deleted 11y ago
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  • Eduard 11y ago
    I have seen aliens.
    • jfoutz 11y ago
      And I'm sure you'll have no more trouble proving the existence of aliens than the fine mathematician who was the first to discover a fact. So, let's see your proof.
    • crpatino 11y ago
      As long as you are talking about mathematical aliens, as in mathematical objects that are so different from every other know mathematical object currently recognized in the corpus of Math. If you further claim that this objects are, like, sentient... I guess this would be too Pythagorean for my tastes. ;)
• dandelany 11y ago
  And if it's known by more than one person, it's "trivial" :)
  • matthewrudy 11y ago
    Tim Gowers' informal definition of "trivial" is: "when a proof springs to mind"