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Mathematical anarchy?
Huh?
The sentence "In mathematics, logic anarchy occurs when there is a proof by contradiction." is puzzling and alarming. Proofs by contradiction occur in mathematics all the time. (Example just off the top of my head: infinitude of primes.) But "logic anarchy" conjures up in my mind the image of false theorems running wild in the streets, shooting at each other from behind barrels, as in old western movies. OK, I have an over-active imagination. But seriously, "anarchy" connotes extreme disorder. Mathematical proof by contradiction is nothing like that. I know you just made up this phrase now, but could you either tone it down a bit, or at least not imply that whatever metaphor you are suggesting applies to mathematical proofs? Mathematics, and the orderliness thereof, are very important to me.
[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] ([[User talk:SamHB|talk]]) 00:36, 3 December 2015 (EST)
The sentence "In mathematics, logic anarchy occurs when there is a proof by contradiction." is puzzling and alarming. Proofs by contradiction occur in mathematics all the time. (Example just off the top of my head: infinitude of primes.) But "logic anarchy" conjures up in my mind the image of false theorems running wild in the streets, shooting at each other from behind barrels, as in old western movies. OK, I have an over-active imagination. But seriously, "anarchy" connotes extreme disorder. Mathematical proof by contradiction is nothing like that. I know you just made up this phrase now, but could you either tone it down a bit, or at least not imply that whatever metaphor you are suggesting applies to mathematical proofs? Mathematics, and the orderliness thereof, are very important to me.
[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] ([[User talk:SamHB|talk]]) 00:36, 3 December 2015 (EST)