Hermione's age/Mathematical problems

[Simon]

David: <<<Appel and Haken proved the Four Colour Theorem in the late
seventies, controversially using a computer.>>>

How can such a proff even be considered? Using a computer must surely be
banned!



David: <<<Wiles cracked Fermat's Last Theorem in the early nineties, amid a
glare of publicity.>>>
David: <<<Only two major problems survived the millennium unsolved: The
Goldbach Conjecture (every even number greater than two is the sum of two
primes), and the age of Hermione Granger (Ebony's Hypothesis).>>>

Of course it can be argued that Fermat's last Theorem is still unsolved.
The proof offered by Wiles relies on a conjecture (possibly by a Japanese
mathematician whose name escapes me) that is still unproven. Now while
conjectures are usually correct there have been cases of them being proven
false, which in the case of Wiles and his 700 pages, 7 year proof of FLT
may prove to be a little annoying.



<<<David, wondering if anyone has seen Zorn's lemma recently>>>

Yes and I did not like it.




Simon
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