tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post3998562548902585483..comments2024-03-27T19:58:17.387-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: Debunking ProofsLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-6118462283286042142010-01-06T19:22:18.609-06:002010-01-06T19:22:18.609-06:00As for not getting a response from the guy with #5...As for not getting a response from the guy with #5, maybe he realized that it didn't work, and so gave it up (if so, that's cool).mike3https://www.blogger.com/profile/15516648613972933636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-28917426116745539642009-10-07T16:07:57.509-05:002009-10-07T16:07:57.509-05:00While I admit debunking flawed proofs is a boring ...While I admit debunking flawed proofs is a boring task I cannot agree with a cavalier attitude towards proofs based solely on cosmetics like "references", "style" and whether it was written in LaTex or not (about time to bury that Jurassic monstrosity anyway...).<br /><br />May I point out that early Galois writings were ignored by respected referees (e.g. Poisson ) as being incomprehensible. Einstein's original 1905 paper on Relativity was deemed incomprehensible by many academic mummies of the age, until Max Planck gave it a thumbs up.Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-18136938492998350252009-09-29T06:20:25.546-05:002009-09-29T06:20:25.546-05:00I think you can tell pretty fast whether a paper i...I think you can tell pretty fast whether a paper is a serious attempt or not. First of all the references, and then the style, tell very quickly if a paper is a bunch of nonsense or not.Flashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-49590891942593995372009-09-28T17:57:42.079-05:002009-09-28T17:57:42.079-05:00Here's debunking for some code claiming P=NP: ...Here's debunking for some code claiming P=NP: http://forums.topcoder.com/?module=Thread&threadID=513596rgrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02991214367108471744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-71165989365944730922009-09-28T16:58:45.392-05:002009-09-28T16:58:45.392-05:00One of the comments of the last post asked my (or ...<i>One of the comments of the last post asked my (or someones) opinion on the proofs floating around that P=NP or P\ne NP. </i><br /><br />You mean the paper that was written incoherently and wasn't even typed up in LaTeX? How did it get onto the ArXiv in the first place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com