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I think any new proof of PT is pretty cool. it doesn't even have to be "elegant" or better than previous proofs. Just a new one. Will there at some point be a
by galaxyLogic 4y ago
I think any new proof of PT is pretty cool. it doesn't even have to be "elegant" or better than previous proofs. Just a new one.
Will there at some point be a proof that all possible proofs of Pythagorean Theorem have been found. Or for any theorem? Is it possible to prove that all possible proofs of something have been found?
- qez 4y agoI wonder, are there an infinite number of proofs of the theorem, each more complex than the last? Can I rephrase what they did, make it more convoluted, and call it a new proof?
- FartyMcFarter 4y agoYou can always insert irrelevant details into a proof, so it's easy to construct an infinite number of proofs from a single proof.
- galaxyLogic 4y agoIf they are irrelevant details then that should not count as a new proof, in my opinion. I guess it might be possible to have a "canonic form" of a proof so that if two proofs can be reduced to the same canonic proof then they are in fact the same proof.