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Re: [HM] Proofs and the computer
Posted:
Jun 9, 1999 1:57 AM
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My understanding is that Frank Allaire, using a different programme,
and allegedly a simpler one, reproduced the result by Haken, Appell &
Katz.
Mike D
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> You wrote
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> > The famous 4-colour problem took more or less a hundred years to
> > be "solved" after several intelligent and creative attempts.
> > However, the "proof" required the helping hand of the computer.
> > I once heard the question "How are we to prove the correctness of
> > the program?"
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> We can't prove its correctness, but think of Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last
> Theorem:
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> How can we prove its correctness?
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> We've had fine number theorists go over it with a metaphorical fine-toothed
> comb.
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> With the 4 color program, perhaps the most effective way is to have a new
> team of programmers under the direction of mathematicians re-program it
> from scratch to try to obtain the same result.
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> Best wishes,
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> Sam Kutler
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