Monday, December 17, 2007

mathematician's block: the curse of notation.

yesterday and today didn't feel much like work. i've been trying to understand a "proof" that i wrote two months ago.

the good news: it still looks like a proof. i haven't found any flaws or counterexamples yet.

the bad news: i can't seem to write it well.

you see, there's some funny induction in the argument. each time i write it down, the notation obscures everything. the frustrating part is that the case of dimensions 2, 3 ..even 4.. they work out by hand.

so it's possible that it will work out nicely. i just can't seem to find it out.

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