Silverchase@sh.itjust.works to Math Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 9 months agoProof by fucking obviousnesssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoOne part of the 360 page proof in Principia Mathematica:
minus-squareKogasa@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoIt’s not a 360 page proof, it just appears that many pages into the book. That’s the whole proof.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoWeak-ass proof. You could fit this into a margin.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoUpvoting because I trust you it’s funny, not because I understand.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIt’s a reference to Fermat’s Last Theorem. Tl;dr is that a legendary mathematician wrote in a margin of a book that he’s got a proof of a particular proposition, but that the proof is too long to fit into said margin. That was around the year 1637. A proof was finally found in 1994.
One part of the 360 page proof in Principia Mathematica:
It’s not a 360 page proof, it just appears that many pages into the book. That’s the whole proof.
Weak-ass proof. You could fit this into a margin.
Upvoting because I trust you it’s funny, not because I understand.
It’s a reference to Fermat’s Last Theorem.
Tl;dr is that a legendary mathematician wrote in a margin of a book that he’s got a proof of a particular proposition, but that the proof is too long to fit into said margin. That was around the year 1637. A proof was finally found in 1994.