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Re: Challenge for EUPHORIA Programmers

• Posted by Mike Nelson <MichaelANelson at WORLDNET.ATT.NET> Sep 15, 2001
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Kat writes:

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> Then why is it still called a theorem?
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In mathematics, a thorem is a proposition which has been proven, as opposed
to an axiom which is defined as true without proof.  Technically, "Fermat's
Last Theorem"" was a misnomer until the proof.  Some writers used the more
correct term "Fermat's Last Conjecture"; those who used "Theorem" were
expressing faith that Fermat did in fact find a proof.  (Which he may have,
but he equally well could have found one of the many false proofs that exist
for this theorem.)

-- Mike Nelson