tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8062754651764668865.post5761608932385611783..comments2023-12-09T04:56:42.838-04:00Comments on Stop Timothy Gowers! !!!: Combinatorics is not a new way of looking at mathematicsOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13083493391293465339noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8062754651764668865.post-57555373514351184782013-04-17T08:40:24.606-03:002013-04-17T08:40:24.606-03:00Dear Gil Kalai,
Apparently, you comment is not re...Dear Gil Kalai,<br /><br />Apparently, you comment is not related to this particular post, in which I argue that combinatorics is not a new way of looking at mathematics, and the way of Grothendieck is new.<br /><br />It looks like you a simply defending combinatorics. Well, there is no need to defend it from me. I like it, although I am deeply convinced (and was convinced even during “affair Owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13083493391293465339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8062754651764668865.post-30390176217208541472013-04-17T06:40:26.381-03:002013-04-17T06:40:26.381-03:00In combinatorics (like other areas of mathematics)...<br />In combinatorics (like other areas of mathematics) there are both deep conceptual aspects and hard technical issues. Combinatorialists mainly study concepts and problems that arise in combinatorics itself, but there are many connections with essentially all other areas of mathematics. Methods of probabilistic and extremal combinatorics not only revolutionized our own field but they are alsoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8062754651764668865.post-18240952612522657422013-04-03T01:25:39.232-03:002013-04-03T01:25:39.232-03:00I meant not the comment in Gowers's blog, but ...I meant not the comment in Gowers's blog, but your comment here, which was posted on April 1, according to Google. My blog was created not at the April 1. Whatever. I doubt that it looks like a joke to anyone.<br /><br />The rest is a separate post <a href="http://owl-sowa.blogspot.com/2013/04/what-is-mathematics.html" rel="nofollow">What is mathematics?</a>Owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13083493391293465339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8062754651764668865.post-18171325079665940822013-04-02T13:55:26.464-03:002013-04-02T13:55:26.464-03:00no, comment defn is not an april fools joke! but t...no, comment defn is not an april fools joke! but the same assertion would be questionable as to your entire blog site here!<br /><br />as for computer-assisted proofs, someday only fools will not take it seriously! actually that day is already here as critical and deep proofs already exist that cant be done without computers. (kepler conjecture, four color theorem, etc).<br /><br />if you will Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8062754651764668865.post-51357488230690793972013-04-01T21:33:57.254-03:002013-04-01T21:33:57.254-03:00Dear vznvzn,
I am glad to see you here.
But I ha...Dear vznvzn,<br /><br />I am glad to see you here.<br /><br />But I have no idea why you are constantly trying to offend me? Try to count how many words having no other purpose but to offend you managed to insert in our 8 (or, rather, 7) lines. If you really believe that I am a troll, your visit here makes no sense. Even following the link to this post makes no sense, not to say about commenting.Owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13083493391293465339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8062754651764668865.post-19222294760950304542013-04-01T18:46:39.940-03:002013-04-01T18:46:39.940-03:00sowa, you crazy troll you. couldnt believe you act...sowa, you crazy troll you. couldnt believe you actually replied to my gowers offhand remark, taking it seriously.<br /><br />astonishing! this rant actually makes quite an alarming bit of sense in places! its actually exactly along the lines Ive been thinking of how there could be an interplay between machine proofs and human conceptualization. except I dont imagine it as competitive, but in factAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com