2 Apr
2006
2 Apr
'06
1:42 a.m.
I am not sure I understand this. Jim, do you mean to say that these people are using some mathematical statments that are not proved? The article seems to me to say the opposite: They are using numerical calculations, which I suppose can be routinely verified as such, but with novel applications in biology. Colin ----- Original Message ----- From: jim stasheff <jds@math.upenn.edu>
Eduardo quotes Mac Lane as saying (paraphrased) If it hasn't been proved, it isn't mathematics
Much as I admire Mac Lane and owe much to him, that's rather at odds with what most of us do even those who insist on getting a proof ultimately.
case in point: