[SystemSafety] Number Theorist Fears All Published Math Is Wrong

Derek M Jones derek at knosof.co.uk
Tue Oct 29 13:44:49 CET 2019


All,

It looks like mathematics is suffering from the same problems as
software, i.e., size and complexity leads people to suspect
that much of it contains faults:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xwm54/number-theorist-fears-all-published-math-is-wrong-actually

The solution being proposed?
Use software to help check the mathematical proofs.

Perhaps somebody should tell them about formal methods ;-)

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