Re: I was right, surrogate factoring proof

From: ođin (ođin_at_ragnarok.com)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:43:50 -0800

>>>It's a social convention to begin with the theorem being proven.
>>
>> Yes, it is a very standard convention, which serves a purpose. It is
>> good to know up front where a proof is trying to get to. Would you
>> please be kind and follow that convention here? If you cannot
>> provide a theorem up front, I will make the conclusion that you have
>> no idea what you are trying to prove.
>
> Oh, it would be ok for him to state what he was proving in the end, if
> that fit his humor. I believe the lecture in which Wiles showed FLT
> true _concluded_ with showing that FLT was true.

yes... adds to the drama in wiles' case... he must have had fun with the
surprise punch line...

> The problem is not that JSH does not state the theorem he intends to
> prove up front. The problem is that he does not state it at all.

yes. that is really all i want from him .... but in JSH's case, I doubt that
hidin it until the end of his proof woul add much exciting effect.

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