FW: Fermat's last theorem (was Godel's theorem)

Sweitzer, Dennis (SWEITD01@imsint.com)
Tue, 19 Mar 96 08:51:00 EST

Jim writes,

>Greetings everyone. I'm new to this list and I have been lurking for over
a
>month now. I have been reading, with keen interest, the debate on the
>applicability of Godel's theorem. I am a mathematician, but my primary
fields
>of focus are algebra and topology, so I wasn't quite competent enough to
>comment on this topic. Nonetheless

Competency? What does that have to do with commenting? It hasn't stopped
me before. ;-) How does one define competency, anyway?

Welcome to the list. I too am a mathematician (my primary field was
probability, and is becoming statistics). Thanks for your comments about
Fermat's last theorem--your account matches what I've read before (at least,
what I remember thereof), with more details.

All of us know bits & pieces about many different things, and it's great to
participate in putting in our two bits.
"What a fellowship, what a joy divine, fellowshiping on the
internet...."

(sorry, but it was irresistable).

Dennis Sweitzer