- The Paradox of the Proof: Shinichi Mochizuki said he proved the ABC Conjecture
"Mochizuki ... created so many new mathematical tools and brought together so many disparate strands of mathematics that his paper was populated with vocabulary that nobody could understand. It was totally novel, and totally mystifying...
... “You don’t get to say you’ve proved something if you haven’t explained it,” she says. “A proof is a social construct. If the community doesn’t understand it, you haven’t done your job.”
- First proof that infinitely many prime numbers come in pairs (Nature)
"Goldston, who was sent a copy of the paper, says that he and the other researchers who have seen it “are feeling pretty good” about it. “Nothing is obviously wrong,” he says."
- Autistic boy,12, with higher IQ than Einstein develops his own theory of relativity
"Antes da vinda de Cristo, a Igreja deverá passar por uma prova final, que abalará a fé de numerosos crentes. ... [u]ma impostura religiosa, que trará aos homens uma solução aparente para os seus problemas, à custa da apostasia da verdade... A Igreja não entrará na glória do Reino senão através dessa última Páscoa, em que seguirá o Senhor na sua morte e ressurreição..." (Catecismo da Igreja Católica, n.ºs 675-677)
16.5.13
O maravilhoso mundo da matemática
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