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<P> <B><I>Ian Murray <seamus2001@attbi.com></I></B> wrote:
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<P><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "andie nachgeborenen" <ANDIE_NACHGEBORENEN@YAHOO.COM><BR>To: <LBO-TALK@LISTS.PANIX.COM><BR>Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 7:26 PM<BR>Subject: Re: In defense of Fermat<BR><BR><BR>> About eight years ago. Took a huge computer algorith attacking it by brute<BR>force. No wonder Fermat couldn't fit the proof in the margin. jks<BR>><BR><BR>===============<BR><BR>Now, now; metaphors of violence cannot come close to a description of the<BR>creative beauty of mathematicians, whether neural or silicon, in action....<BR><BR>Ian<BR></P>
<P>I think "attack" is about right for this approach, which after all mathematicians themselves call "brute force." jks</P></BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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