Mathematics poll

[ciphergoth]

Inspired by a similar poll in 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]

Comments

[wight1984.livejournal.com]

I knew the proofs for Gödel's first incompleteness theorem well enough to write an exam paper detailing them and their implications whilst at university. Doubt that whatever I could explain now would sound very convincing though :oP

I always liked maths as a child but grew board of the teaching environment for it at about 14-16 so let myself down a lot and lost all chances of further study. Enjoyed symbolic logic at uni though :oD