[HN Gopher] 'Proof' Review: Finding Truth in Numbers
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'Proof' Review: Finding Truth in Numbers
Author : Hooke
Score : 32 points
Date : 2025-06-06 21:17 UTC (4 days ago)
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| tromp wrote:
| https://archive.is/os3ew
| NoahZuniga wrote:
| I don't like how they give and example of a geometric axiom and
| then give a number theory result. This makes it seem that the
| number theory result follows from the geometric axions.
| JadeNB wrote:
| > I don't like how they give and example of a geometric axiom
| and then give a number theory result. This makes it seem that
| the number theory result follows from the geometric axions.
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| This isn't some weird gloss on their part; there are number-
| theory results in Euclid's Elements, even if you and I would
| nowadays think of them as belonging to a different discipline.
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