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@ Terra Shifter
2025-05-28 13:57:16
A famous (and perhaps snobbish) mathematician always emphasised to his students that there is a difference between understanding a theorem and being able to prove it. He offered the following advice:
“If you understand a theorem and are also able to prove it, then you should publish it in a mathematics journal,
however,
if you understand the theorem but can’t prove it, you can still publish it in a physics journal,
but
if you do not understand the theorem and also cannot prove it, all is not lost, you may still be able to publish it in an engineering journal.”
| N. J. Rose