korrents

A korrentour readingWhat is a korrent?

The fear that a great theorem will arrive as an incomprehensible proof is misplaced, because once the proof exists as an artifact we can analyse it.

Drawn from what Terence Tao said

A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

What Terence Tao actually said

Word for word, with the source under each one. They did not write this page.

  1. Terence Tao

    Mathematician at UCLA, Fields Medal 2006

    so so some people are concerned, you know, what if the Riemann hypothesis is proved with a completely incomprehensible proof? I I think once you have the artifact of a proof, we can do a lot of of of of of analysis on it.

Added to korrents 20 Mar 2026 · How quotes work · Something wrong? Tell us

Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?

Sign in to record that you hold this, with a confidence number of your own.

Related korrents

Our reading — they may agree, disagree or merely touch the same thing. Closest first: a shared subject counts for most, then how near the wording is.

See this on the map →