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Luis Batalha
Personal blog · lbatalha.com/blogmathsciencestartups
Luis Batalha's personal blog at lbatalha.com covers math, science and startups. Since 2016, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's post on Feynman's probabilistic reasoning about Fermat's Last Theorem, cited as a way to gauge how unlikely the theorem was to be false. Both comments cite it as a source.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I write about Startups, coding and Physics
Most-linked posts?
- Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2016-07-01
- The First Prime Motion Picture5 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2019-01-09
- How Feynman Approached Fermat's Last Theorem2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-12-12
What Hacker News says?
Reminds me of this http://www.lbatalha.com/blog/feynman-on-fermats-last-theorem
Comment linking /blog/feynman-on-fermats-last-theorem
on “The Scientific Case for P≠NP”Submitted Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem as a story · 220 points
HN discussionIs there any probabilistic argument around the proof? For instance, a decade before Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, Feynman[1] showed it was extremely unlikely to be false. While you're not getting a million from Clay for that, it something non insignificant that we can use to guide our intuition. [1] http://www.lbatalha.com/blog/feynman-on-fermats-last-theorem
Comment linking /blog/feynman-on-fermats-last-theorem
on “The P=?NP Poll (2002) [pdf]”Submitted Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem (2016) as a story · 101 points
HN discussionSubmitted Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem (2016) as a story · 97 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Feynman Approached Fermat's Last Theorem as a story · 67 points
HN discussionSubmitted Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem (2016) as a story · 45 points
HN discussionSubmitted The First Prime Motion Picture as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Feynman Approached Fermat's Last Theorem as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The First Prime Motion Picture as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making a Video Where Every Frame Is a Prime Number as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted First Motion Picture Made with Prime Numbers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The First Prime Motion Picture as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Feynman's Thoughts on Fermat's Last Theorem as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The First Prime Motion Picture as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The First Prime Motion Picture as a story · 1 points
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