[FOM] Galois and P NP

[Andre.Rodin@ens.fr]

being an interested reader rather than a participant of this thread I'm  puzzled
by the fact that the whole discussion is centred around sociological rahter
than mathematical or foundational issues.
Andrei Rodin



Selon Richard Heck <rgheck at brown.edu>:

> On 08/15/2010 10:31 AM, Martin Davis wrote:
> > Harvey Friedman wrote:
> > So now it is your responsibility to inform us about Galois
> > "circulating an outright public claim to have solved P vs. NP".
> >
> > I thank Harvey for crediting me with the ability to raise the dead.
> >
> > Galois did "circulat[e] an outright public claim" to have found a
> > necessary and sufficient condition for an algebraic equation to be
> > solvable in radicals. It is said to have languished on Cauchy's desk.
> >
> >
> And, unless I am mistaken, Deolalikar is not the one who released the
> purported proof into the wild. That seems worth remembering.
>
> Richard Heck
>
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