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Yes, that is what I was asking for. What does the sentence mean then? One particular proof (of which we do not know if it is exclusive) is non-trivial (whatev
by jsprogrammer 11y ago
Yes, that is what I was asking for.
What does the sentence mean then?
One particular proof (of which we do not know if it is exclusive) is non-trivial (whatever that means)? Or, perhaps, all known (to the author) proofs are non-trivial?
- omaranto 11y agoBaez didn't mean that as a mathematical statement rather as a statement in the field of history and human psychology: "So far nobody has been able to devise a proof that is widely regarded by people who study it as being trivial (where triviality of a proof is a subjective judgment for which there is (1) no formal criterion, but also (2) a surprising amount of agreement)."