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- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!sics.se!torkel
- From: torkel@sics.se (Torkel Franzen)
- Subject: Re: Relatives with Crackpot Proofs
- In-Reply-To: keith@celia.UUCP's message of 9 Nov 92 20:25:29 GMT
- Message-ID: <TORKEL.92Nov9231501@bast.sics.se>
- Sender: news@sics.se
- Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista
- References: <2105@celia.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 22:15:01 GMT
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- In article <2105@celia.UUCP> keith@celia.UUCP (Keith Goldfarb) writes:
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- >When I next see this guy,
- >he's going to ask me what I thought, and I really don't know how
- >I should deal with it.
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- "Your proof made me realize that I am not nearly as clever as I thought
- I was. I simply did not understand it. I can only suggest that you submit
- it for the consideration of people who understand these things better
- than I do. Please excuse me; I must retire to reconsider my chosen
- career."
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