home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1 / NN_1993_1.iso / spool / sci / math / 17757 < prev    next >
Encoding:
Internet Message Format  |  1993-01-06  |  1.1 KB
  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!function.mps.ohio-state.edu!edgar
  2. From: edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.math
  4. Subject: Re: Fermat's Last Theorem
  5. Date: 6 Jan 1993 20:01:07 GMT
  6. Organization: The Ohio State University, Dept. of Math.
  7. Lines: 14
  8. Distribution: usa
  9. Message-ID: <1ifdq3INNblv@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu>
  10. References: <1993Jan6.092212.9851@bradley.bradley.edu> <1993Jan6.162658.5959@bradley.bradley.edu>
  11. NNTP-Posting-Host: function.mps.ohio-state.edu
  12.  
  13.  
  14. * I thank those who were polite about it.
  15.  
  16. Mathematicians receive so many of these amateur attempts (with elementary
  17. mistakes in them) that they tend to get impatient with them...
  18.  
  19. An interesting book on the topic of this phenomenon is:
  20.  
  21. MATHEMATICAL CRANKS, by Underwood Dudley, published by the MAA.
  22. --
  23.   Gerald A. Edgar                Internet:  edgar@mps.ohio-state.edu
  24.   Department of Mathematics      Bitnet:    EDGAR@OHSTPY
  25.   The Ohio State University      telephone: 614-292-0395 (Office)
  26.   Columbus, OH 43210             -292-4975 (Math. Dept.) -292-1479 (Dept. Fax)
  27.