Timeline for Demonstrating that rigour is important
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| Sep 6, 2010 at 21:05 | comment | added | Gil Kalai | And now, of course, we finally understand exactly what Gian-Carlo meant: A proof enlightens us if: 1) it is the first proof, 2) it is accepted, and 3) it has at least 10 up votes! | |
| Sep 5, 2010 at 22:49 | history | edited | André Henriques | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Sep 5, 2010 at 15:26 | comment | added | gowers | That's a very interesting example, even if it is of the opposite of what I asked. My instinct is to think it's good that there's a proof, but I'm not sure how to justify that. And obviously I'd prefer a conceptual argument. | |
| Sep 5, 2010 at 3:00 | comment | added | Joseph O'Rourke | Gian-Carlo Rota would agree, for he said (in "The Phenomenology of Mathematical Beauty") that we most value a proof that enlightens us. | |
| Sep 5, 2010 at 1:17 | history | answered | André Henriques | CC BY-SA 2.5 |