Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] The other side of the double helix

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:10:23 -0500 (CDT), Mike Miller
<EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:

> Last Theorem, I get the impression that attempts to prove something very
> difficult, like Navier-Stokes, may lead you to many important discoveries
> even if you fail.
> 
> By the way, here's something a little entertaining.  I have to believe
> there are errors in this guy's proofs, but Kaida Shi claims to have proved
> the Goldbach Conjecture...
> 
> http://xxx.lanl.gov/ftp/math/papers/0309/0309103.pdf

Uh...no.  That's not a proof of anything as far as I can tell.  Man, I
really don't know where to begin.

> ....and provided a relatively simple proof of Fermat's Last Theorem:
> 
> http://mcraefamily.com/MathHelp/AlternativeFermatsLastTheorem.htm

That one's in arxiv.org as well.  Yucko.
 
> I don't have the time (and probably not the ability) to decide if these
> proofs are valid, but anyone in his right mind would be skeptical.  They
> seem to be short and not very complicated.

Please, don't waste your time.  I'm sure that gifted amateurs can make
contributions to mathematics of some kind, but not this time.

jking
_______________________________________________
discussion mailing list
EMAIL:PROTECTED
http://mlug.missouri.edu/mailman/listinfo/discussion