Comments on: EA. The Limits of Computation http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/06/ea-the-limits-of-computation/ The Math Factor Podcast Site Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 By: dfollett76 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/06/ea-the-limits-of-computation/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:44:11 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/?p=236#comment-352 We know that Shaquille O’Neal would agree:

“Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!”

]]> By: dfollett76 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/06/ea-the-limits-of-computation/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:35:21 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/?p=236#comment-351 I had the opportunity to teach my students some geometric proof this year. I told them that a postulate is accepted without proof and a theorem can be proved from postulates or other theorems. Therefore, a “theorem that can not be proved” is a contradiction. Did I teach them wrong or did Chaim mis-state Goudel? I look forward to hearing the next episode.

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