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vatsachaktoday at 6:45 PM3 repliesview on HN

Because it's beautiful. Because you love math for maths sake and not some weird egotistical game


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legobmw99today at 6:54 PM

Is "loving math for maths sake" just about knowing the answers? I think one can love math for exactly the process and understanding that a several-thousand-line uncommented Lean proof denies. If a deity rearranged the stars to spell out "The Riemann hypothesis is false" for a night, would that be intellectually sufficient?

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mswphdtoday at 6:51 PM

the way LLMs write math is not beautiful. it is exactly analogous to the software that LLMs develop is not beautiful. it may achieve impressive end products, but if you like understanding the methods/architecture, looking under the hood is often a field of horrors.

NoDodgeQuestiontoday at 6:52 PM

You feel lean4 proof, that you 99.999% chance not understand is beautiful?

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