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The Proof and the Lie

June 17 2009 at 12:31 AM
 

 



The Proof and the Lie





A mathematical lie has been circulating on the Internet.


It concerns the background of Andrew Wiles's recent work on mathematics related to Fermat's last theorem, which involves the earlier work of a mathematician named Taniyama.


This lie states that at the time of a conjecture by Taniyama in 1955, there was no known relationship between the two areas of mathematics known as "elliptic curves" and "modular forms."


The lie, due to Harvard mathematician Barry Mazur, was broadcast in a TV program, "The Proof," in October 1997 and repeated in a book based on the program and in a Scientific American article, "Fermat's Last Stand," by Simon Singh and Kenneth Ribet, in November 1997.


From the journal of Steven H. Cullinane










 
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what is proof in physics

June 17 2009, 6:46 AM 

Physics is not mathematics , you can not move the coeficients , any place have different natural meaning , so mathematics in physics is dimensional analysis , the proofs are physics mathematical proofs and all analysis is phylosophy.

 
 
Jose Rodriguez

The Proof and the Lie

June 17 2009, 7:36 AM 

Stanley is so abstract that he can use his Wiener measure on his topology!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_measure)

 
 
Jose Rodriguez

The Proof and the Lie

June 26 2009, 11:42 PM 

Go for it Stanley.

 
 
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