Re: cantorian algebra

In article <1188281737.114440.242470@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tonico <Tonicopm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 27 ago, 21:04, Virgil <vir...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <f258e$46d2a00b$82a1e228$4...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Han de Bruijn <Han.deBru...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:





aatu.koskensi...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

tommy1729 wrote:

if you read for instance the work of Riemann or even better
prof. Andrew Wiles , you will notice an enormous amounts of
connections between "different" branches.

It might amuse you to know that Wiles's proof of Fermat's last theorem
is highly infinitary, and in particular in its current form relies on
the existence of two inaccessible cardinals -- though I have been
assured by experts that removing these, so that the proof goes through
in ZFC, would be routine (for some values of "routine").

What ?! "Relies on the existence of two inaccessible cardinals" ?!
How about the idea then that Wiles's proof might simply be wrong !

Han de Bruijn

Wiles proof has been vetted by mathematicians much more competent at
mathematics than HdB will ever be, so if he has doubts about that proof,
he will have to search for his alleged errors himsmelf.-
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Correction: HdB is not a mathematician (is this surprising after
reading a little his posts about things he doesn't know in maths?),
and he's stated this several times.
Regards
Tonio

It is HdB's competence at mathematics which I was denigrating. Even
non-mathematicians like HdB may have some little competence with some
bits of it.
.

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