The alien hypothesis?

[John Doe]

uhhh..yeah...once again; mathematics is considered a
science

--- David Casseres <david.casseres at gmail.com> wrote:

> While Fermat's Theorem may have application in
> cryptography, I am
> quite sure that the proof of the theorem does not.
> 
> On 10/17/05, Richard Fiero <rfiero at gmail.com> wrote:
> > At 07:32 PM 10/17/2005, jporter wrote:
> >
> > >On Oct 17, 2005, at 8:07 PM, John Doe wrote:
> > >
> > >>Tell that to the mathematicians who worked on
> solving
> > >>the Fermat problem; tell them their enthusiasm,
> > >>obsession, passion was funded by the
> government...and
> > >>that all the time and energy they spent on
> trying to
> > >>solve the damn thing was subsidized by Uncle Sam
> for
> > >>military purposes....
> > >
> > >Was the proof of Fernat's Last Theorem science?
> > >
> > >Seemed more like an exercise in pure mathematics
> > >to me, but I'm not a scientist.
> > >
> > >jody
> >
> > Fermat's theorem has application in cryptography
> the use of which is
> > essential to the military.  Strong encryption is
> classified as a munition
> > by the U.S.G.
> > Please try again, Mr. Doe.
> >
> >
> 
> 



		
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