[QUOTE=science_man_88;247060]I have done a bit of reading I've even followed links to sites about a topic to learn but that didn't help me learn much.[/QUOTE]

So tell us.

If you can not understand what you read, why do you think you have
any hope of having an intelligent discussion about mathematics???

It is sheer arrogance.

We will help you. But you need to

(1) Relate what you have read
(2) Ask specific questions about things you do not understand
(3) Do some exercizes.
(4) Present your solutions.

Stop prattling about things that you do not understand and go LEARN.

[QUOTE=R.D. Silverman;247063]So tell us.

If you can not understand what you read, why do you think you have
any hope of having an intelligent discussion about mathematics???

[COLOR="Red"]Probably stems from the fact that I seem to be one of the smartest people I know outside of on the internet.[/COLOR]

It is sheer arrogance.

We will help you. But you need to

(1) Relate what you have read

[COLOR="Red"]I've [COLOR="Orange"]tried[/COLOR] to in some of the question I've asked.[/COLOR]

Answered in short form.

(2) Ask specific questions about things you do not understand

[COLOR="Red"][COLOR="DarkOrange"]Pointless[/COLOR] as I don't have enough knowledge of the math language to phrase things obviously.[/COLOR]

(3) Do some exercizes.

Dare I point out a spelling error ? [COLOR="Red"]What [COLOR="DarkOrange"]type[/COLOR] of exercises[/COLOR]?

(4) Present your solutions.

[COLOR="Red"][COLOR="DarkOrange"]Nobody[/COLOR] can take me serious so this is also a waste of time ( though it gives me something other than cityville to do all day.[/COLOR]

Stop prattling about things that you do not understand and go LEARN.[/QUOTE]

answered in short form

[QUOTE=R.D. Silverman;247055]

And you also need to learn to [B]accept[/B] what experts tell you.
I am not the only one with whom you ignorantly argue.

Stop your arrogance.[/QUOTE]

Dear Dr. Silverman: Please, without referencing your credentials,
as I don't right now mention mine, try to prove you ARE both an
expert in Number Theory (or math) and a human being?

I'm no longer sure about the former because your attitude is
convincing of the opposite of the latter.

Yours truly -

----------------- davar55 (Yale B.S. Math 1976 A.D.)

[QUOTE=davar55;247415]Dear Dr. Silverman: Please, without referencing your credentials[/QUOTE]

Is he allowed to cite his published work?

[QUOTE=CRGreathouse;247419]Is he allowed to cite his published work?[/QUOTE]Likewise, I can attest he's a human being.

Paul

[B]55[/B] years of birth
why not davar5[B]6[/B]


(lol)




[COLOR="LemonChiffon"]ps . Who can swear "x_il_man"[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=xilman;247427]Likewise, I can attest he's a human being.[/QUOTE]

I would be far more impressed if he were a computer. There are ~7 billion human beings alive today but ~0 AIs sophisticated enough to post coherently on forums in the manner R.D. Silverman has.

aisais
 

[QUOTE=CRGreathouse;247433]I would be far more impressed if he were a computer. There are ~7 billion human beings alive today but ~0 AIs sophisticated enough to post coherently on forums in the manner R.D. Silverman has.[/QUOTE]

CRG [B]1[/B] ?

Not meaning to threadjack - mods, zap this if it offends - but how many of you have read a proof of Dirichlet's Theorem?

It was something I managed to skip in number theory long ago, but I finally did the deed last year. It was a modern proof based on Shapiro's Tauberian Theorem in Apostol's book.

That's among the top 5 nastiest proofs I've waded through. Few components were difficult to follow, but the whole thing left me feeling proud to have understood it, yet still unenlightened.

I wonder how much worse the earlier proofs are.

[QUOTE=FactorEyes;247453]Not meaning to threadjack - mods, zap this if it offends - but how many of you have read a proof of Dirichlet's Theorem?

It was something I managed to skip in number theory long ago, but I finally did the deed last year. It was a modern proof based on Shapiro's Tauberian Theorem in Apostol's book.

That's among the top 5 nastiest proofs I've waded through. Few components were difficult to follow, but the whole thing left me feeling proud to have understood it, yet still unenlightened.

I wonder how much worse the earlier proofs are.[/QUOTE]

Serre's "A Course in Arithmetic" gives a good exposition.

[QUOTE=R.D. Silverman;247058]On the contrary. There was an Israeli student with the math subforum
whom I [B]very patiently[/B] led through many exercizes in high school level
mathematics as well as elementary number theory.
[/QUOTE] (emphasis added)

BWAA-HA-HA-HA. You have got to be kidding me!
:grin::grin::grin::grin: