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#1 2006-10-25 14:22:18
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The mutilated Chessboard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutilated_chessboard
Doesn't that show how rigid we mathematicans are with proofs?
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#2 2006-11-05 04:54:52
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Re: The mutilated Chessboard
I'm not sure why you think we're(mathematicians) are rigid based on that link, but it's an interresting way to solve the problem. I knew it beforehand though
#3 2006-11-05 06:48:00
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Re: The mutilated Chessboard
I agree with ganesh. A typical person would try a bunch of ways, and after a while, give up concluding that there is no way to do it.
Come to think of it, my geometry teacher gave us this problem the first day of class when I was a freshman in highschool. Pretty cool problem.
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
#4 2006-11-05 09:08:12
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Re: The mutilated Chessboard
How does this make mathematicians rigid though?
#5 2006-11-08 01:13:04
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Re: The mutilated Chessboard
Acceptance of proofs. Mathematicians no way accept a proof unless it passes the test 100%. Not 99.99%, only 100%.
Character is who you are when no one is looking.