At 03:33 PM 7/21/00, you wrote:
>In a discussion in another forum, the question of whether computers have
>"found" valid mathematical proofs has come up. Being mathematically stunted,
>I thought I'd do a hand-off of the question to this forum, since someone able
>to comment intelligently on the question probably inhabits this forum. Any
>leads or help?
Greg, if I understand your question, the answer is "yes". Computers have
not only found valid mathematical proofs, they have found *new*
proofs--one's never before thought up by humans. (I use this as a counter
to the argument that machines cannot and never will do anything creative.)
The one that I remember offhand was at the Argonne National Laboratory.
Max
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