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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...

[Poll #1351621]

Date: 2009-02-18 11:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valkyriekaren.livejournal.com
To clarify: I find maths awful in both th old and new senseof the term. I'm moderately discalculate which means I struggled with maths at school (though fortunately being fairy bright and knowing my way around a calculator meant that I didn't suffer academically because of it), and while now I'm older I can understand how powerful and awe-inspiring the equations that keep the universe ticking are, the idea of working them out gives me the cold sweats!

Date: 2009-02-19 12:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seph-hazard.livejournal.com
Yes, this - including the dyscalculia. Still if someone asks me a very simple sum I freeze up, stutter, stammer, feel three inches high and extremely stupid and run away.

Date: 2009-02-19 06:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elsmi.livejournal.com
For whatever it's worth, that's also roughly the reaction of most mathematics grad students I've known.

Date: 2009-02-19 08:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ciphergoth.livejournal.com
BTW your example theorem was the same as mine, I think!

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