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Paul Crowley ([personal profile] ciphergoth) wrote2009-02-18 11:03 pm

Mathematics poll

Inspired by a similar poll in [livejournal.com profile] palmer1984's journal.

About the "proof" question below: examples of the kind of proof I mean would be a proof that there are infinitely many primes, or that the square root of two is irrational, or of Pythagoras's Theorem. A proof in computer science counts too. By "know a proof off by heart" I mean that you'd be able to convince someone of it at a party, if they had the background to follow the proof.

If you know lots of proofs, feel free to choose one you particularly like in the last question...

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[identity profile] ergotia.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 11:10 am (UTC)(link)
I enjoy mental arithmetic on a simple level i.e. multiplying in hundreds is my limit and I enjoy the proofs I can understand, which are few indeed :) But generally maths has been torture all my life!

[identity profile] ergotia.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
Although on further thought I could not walk into a party right now and explain that proof - would have to revise it first.