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In math we have lots of journals devoted to recreational and more elementary problems. There is a lot of low hanging fruit out there. For instance, compute the
by wbl 10y ago
In math we have lots of journals devoted to recreational and more elementary problems. There is a lot of low hanging fruit out there.
For instance, compute the fibbonacci numbers modulo the square of a prime and compare to modulo a prime. Are there numbers where the first zero appears at the same point? We don't know.
I'm not saying the problem is easy. I'm saying one can make some progress without much theory.
- Ar-Curunir 10y agoI disagree. Look at 'simple' problems like Fermat's last theorem. It took mathematics much beyond what was known at the time to get anywhere close to a solution.
- isolli 10y agoAnd much beyond what 99.9% of people will ever hear about in their lifetime.
- gowld 10y ago> I'm saying one can make some progress without much theory. Claimed without evidence. Sure, you can make trivial progress by writing a computer program to search, and the problem is "elementary", but "elementary" doesn't mean "can be solved without studying lots of techniques and theories", it means "can be solved without calculus"
- Frqy3 10y agoA good example of this is Marjorie Rice, an amateur mathematician, who discovered four new types of tessellating polygons. [0] https://mathtourist.blogspot.com.au/2010/06/tiling-with-pentagons.html https://mathtourist.blogspot.com.au/2010/06/tiling-with-pent...