Inspired by the idea of "proof by personal communication," I wanted to tell all of you that I just proved every outstanding conjecture in number theory, but unfortunately this note is too small to include them all. Steve Gray -----Original Message----- From: math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jason Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 3:27 PM To: math-fun Subject: Re: [math-fun] Li and the Riemann Hypothesis
I had lunch with Sarnak today -- he looked at the paper and said that there are many problems with the proof.
Ah yes, proof by personal communication[1]: proof by eminent authority: 'I saw Karp in the elevator and he said it was probably NP- complete.' proof by personal communication: 'Eight-dimensional colored cycle stripping is NP-complete [Karp, personal communication].' 1: http://www.princeton.edu/~sacm/humor/proof.html