Timeline for Would Euler's proofs get published in a modern math Journal, especially considering his treatment of the Infinite?
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| Apr 10, 2013 at 15:59 | history | edited | Mikhail Katz |
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| Apr 10, 2013 at 14:01 | answer | added | Mikhail Katz | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 29, 2010 at 20:36 | history | edited | Max Lonysa Muller | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Sep 29, 2010 at 6:08 | comment | added | S. Carnahan♦ | Max: There is nothing wrong with a longer title. | |
| Sep 28, 2010 at 20:40 | comment | added | Ian Agol | Is Witten 'right'? | |
| Sep 28, 2010 at 20:22 | answer | added | Bruce Arnold | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 28, 2010 at 18:28 | history | edited | Max Lonysa Muller | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| May 16, 2010 at 13:49 | comment | added | Max Lonysa Muller | Daniel, I think so, too, which is why I added the 'EDIT' part, in which I more or less state that the many answers and comments suffice as 'an answer' as a whole. | |
| May 16, 2010 at 4:18 | comment | added | Daniel Moskovich | I think this quesion is subjective and argumetative... and despite all the nice comments and answers, I don't think it has a good or correct answer. | |
| May 15, 2010 at 23:14 | history | edited | Max Lonysa Muller | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| May 13, 2010 at 12:00 | answer | added | Lucas K. | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 13, 2010 at 9:40 | answer | added | Peter Luthy | timeline score: 9 | |
| May 13, 2010 at 7:05 | answer | added | ogerard | timeline score: 6 | |
| May 13, 2010 at 6:53 | comment | added | Wadim Zudilin | @Max: Euler even didn't come to Basel for his mother's funeral, because he didn't wish to be back to the country. But of course he was Swiss by origin. | |
| May 13, 2010 at 5:34 | answer | added | Emerton | timeline score: 21 | |
| May 13, 2010 at 3:24 | comment | added | Charlie Frohman | One of my favorite books is Hardy's "Divergent Series". The first chapter is full of some of the most outrageous arguments I have ever seen in a math book. I even remember some discussion of Euler. Check it out! | |
| May 13, 2010 at 0:55 | answer | added | lhf | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 12, 2010 at 23:25 | comment | added | Max Lonysa Muller | Wadim Zudilin, Euler actually was Swiss. He spent the greater part of his life in Russia and Germany, however.(watch en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_Euler ). | |
| May 12, 2010 at 21:55 | comment | added | Wadim Zudilin | @Max: I can't catch what makes you proud. Euler was nor Swiss neither Dutch, wasn't he? | |
| May 12, 2010 at 17:57 | answer | added | Igor Pak | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 12, 2010 at 17:01 | comment | added | Max Lonysa Muller | Qiaochu Yuan, I guess you're right. I just posed the question like this because it's simple and grabs the attention of the reader. The title should state something like: 'Do Euler's methods involved in arriving at the the exact evaluation of zeta(2) uphold to today's standards of logical rigour?', but that's a bit long. Gerald Edgar, I'd say the answer to question (2) is obvious, but the answer to (1) isn't. The heart of my question lies in the methods used by Euler to arive at zeta(2), I wonder whether or not these methods suffice to give a correct proof | |
| May 12, 2010 at 16:24 | answer | added | Cam McLeman | timeline score: 29 | |
| May 12, 2010 at 15:49 | comment | added | Gerald Edgar | Two different questions: (1) Would a paper written in 18th-century style using 18th-century rigor be published in a 21st-century well-respected math journal? (2) If Euler were alive today, would he use 18th-century style and rigor in his manuscripts, or 21st-century style and rigor? I think the answers are obvious... | |
| May 12, 2010 at 15:26 | history | edited | user2529 |
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| May 12, 2010 at 15:21 | comment | added | Qiaochu Yuan | I don't think the title and the body are asking the same question. | |
| May 12, 2010 at 15:18 | history | edited | Max Lonysa Muller | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| May 12, 2010 at 15:08 | comment | added | Max Lonysa Muller | Ha Carn McLeman, your comment made me laugh and made me a bit proud as well (I've got a Swiss and Dutch passport). Please reconsider reading the question, though, I think it's well worth it to think about the answer! | |
| May 12, 2010 at 14:46 | comment | added | Cam McLeman | I haven't read your question yet, but I'm pretty sure the answer to your title question is yes. | |
| May 12, 2010 at 14:44 | history | edited | Max Lonysa Muller | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| May 12, 2010 at 14:31 | comment | added | Gerald Edgar | Sufficient unto the day is the rigor thereof. -- E. H. Moore . | |
| May 12, 2010 at 14:28 | history | asked | Max Lonysa Muller | CC BY-SA 2.5 |