Re: Work on Basic Mathematica Stephen!
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- Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 05:42:39 -0400 (EDT)
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I didn't say anything at all about a "proof by Mathematica". Mathematica is just a writing and communication medium and it's far better and has higher integrity than anything you know how to use. David Park djmpark at comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/index.html From: Richard Fateman [mailto:fateman at eecs.berkeley.edu] On 5/24/2013 10:07 AM, djmpark wrote: > Yes, I believe if Mathematica notebooks are written using reasonable > procedures they will definitely have higher integrity <snip> > That's one of the advantages of Mathematica, but perhaps not the > most important advantage. there is an interesting and controversial article by Demillo and Lipton on Social Processes and Proofs.. easily found on the web, but also see the rejoinders etc. Can you imagine the reception of you running down the hall to show your academic colleagues or co-researchers your "proof by Mathematica"? (note: not "result from Mathematica" but proof.) Personally I would especially hesitate to believe any numerical result that was not entirely done by computation in integers. I have no particular issue with an appendix, carefully annotated etc that allows one to reproduce a computation. Mathematica's rule-based paradigm might be less readable than some other schemes. RJF
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- Re: Work on Basic Mathematica Stephen!