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In reply to the discussion: Can Science and Mathematics coexist? [View all]gcomeau
(5,764 posts)22. The question makes no sense.
There is nothing to "believe in" in Fermat's last theorem. It is a mathematical formulation. Either the math works out, or it doesn't. (And it has been proven for 20 years now, FYI... so it does.)
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I didn't write the proof you linked. And now you're *really* playing dumb. -eom
gcomeau
Feb 2015
#39
Math is fundamental to much of science (no pun intended). Don't see the connection w/ religion here.
pinto
Feb 2015
#24
I refuse to believe in 'imaginary numbers' until someone can proove they are real... n/t
PoliticAverse
Feb 2015
#28