[/.] Achieving Mathematical Proofs Via Computers

Achieving Mathematical Proofs Via Computers

eldavojohn writes "A special issue of Notices of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) provides four beautiful articles illustrating formal proof by computation. PhysOrg has a simpler article on these assistant mathematical computer programs and states ‘One long-term dream is to have formal proofs of all of the central theorems in mathematics. Thomas Hales, one of the authors writing in the Notices, says that such a collection of proofs would be akin to the sequencing of the mathematical genome.’ You may recall a similar quest we discussed."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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