In defense of Fermat

andie nachgeborenen andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 19 06:45:55 PST 2002


Ian Murray <seamus2001 at attbi.com> wrote:

----- Original Message ----- From: "andie nachgeborenen" To: Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 7:26 PM Subject: Re: In defense of Fermat


> About eight years ago. Took a huge computer algorith attacking it by brute
force. No wonder Fermat couldn't fit the proof in the margin. jks
>

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Now, now; metaphors of violence cannot come close to a description of the creative beauty of mathematicians, whether neural or silicon, in action....

Ian

I think "attack" is about right for this approach, which after all mathematicians themselves call "brute force." jks

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