ChapterZero

via ComplexZeta: someone claims to have proven the Four Color Theorem in 4 pages, with no computer assistance! Too bad I don’t have an AMS account. Later today I shall visit the library and download the article. Very interesting.

Then, I have to get back into finals mode: have to study for the Digital Electronics one on Thursday, which I heard he always makes tricky… because he’s an evil man Also, I will be helping a friend study for his Abstract Algebra final— even though why he so badly needs to *study*, as opposed to review definitions, is beyond me. Since I will be sacrificing time I could be using to study, sleep, or in general do something more interesting, I will allow myself one snide remark: How does one get to a senior level math course without being or becoming capable of cruising through such an easy course? Especially when it’s nothing but a review of the first modern algebra course you took?

Possibly relevant posts:

• Algebras of Linear Transformations (11/1/2005)
• Beyond Undergraduate Mathematics (5/26/2005)
• Topology (4/28/2005)