Re: Proof factoring solution is closed form

From: David C. Ullrich (ullrich_at_math.okstate.edu)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:42:15 -0600

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:30:48 -0500, "Tim Peters" <tim.one@comcast.net>
wrote:

>[...]
>
>> So, deep down some part of me knew it didn't work anyway, so it wasn't
>> worth the effort to try and find some post out in the haystack.
>
>But it was worth your effort to insult Rick repeatedly, and despite that you
>apparently now agree he was right all along. He didn't insult you, you
>know. You owe him an apology.

This really sounds like you haven't been paying attention.

>>[...]
>
>> And yes, in case you're wondering, I did find a short proof of Fermat's
>> Last Theorem,
>
>You should write it up.

As does this. I mean really, it's like you're trying to get him
started on that again.

>[...]
>
>At this rate, I expect you'll eventually claim that the real reason your
>factoring attempts don't pay off is that there's a problem in integers
>themselves, which has bamboozled bovine mathematicians for millenia before
>your studly arrival.

But here you've hit the nail on the head.

I guess your point in posting this was just to show that you're
a hard guy to figure out. Sorry, we're used to guys like that here.

> Then you can claim that your method (whatever it is at
>the time) actually does work, and always did, but on "integer objects", not
>the flawed old "integers" everyone else foolishly uses. It would be a nice
>complement to the nebulous "ring of objects" you need to hypothesize to
>prevent your polynomial factorization stuff from hitting simple
>counterexamples.

So you don't understand about objects. Maybe if you studied some
modern programming languages it would help.

************************

David C. Ullrich

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