29 Apr
2013
29 Apr
'13
12:49 p.m.
If you believe the results of complexity theory, the Devil's Book is a helluva lot bigger than God's Book. Perhaps this is what depressed Cantor so much. (Cantor) Dust to dust. At 10:55 AM 4/29/2013, Cris Moore wrote:
On the other hand, I have heard (does anyone have a reference?) that while God has a book of the most elegant and insightful proofs, the Devil has a book of mathematical truths that are easy to state, but which have no proof in God's book. Perhaps the 4-color theorem is one of these...