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I agree that Mathematics is usually built "on the shoulder of giants", but the gist of that whole Wired article is that this dude has created a whole new branch
by codeulike 14y ago
I agree that Mathematics is usually built "on the shoulder of giants", but the gist of that whole Wired article is that this dude has created a whole new branch of maths, on his own, to prove this theorem. Sounds brilliant, but risky.
- bradleyjg 14y agoIt's a branch as mathematicians think of branches, not as laymen do. It isn't a new algebra, calculus, or geometry. Not to minimize the accomplishment at all, but it happens a handful of times a generation.