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Pseudomathematics, or mathematical crankery, is a mathematics-like activity that does not adhere to the framework of rigor of formal mathematical practice. Common areas of pseudomathematics are solutions of problems proved to be unsolvable or recognized as extremely hard by experts, as well as attempts to apply mathematics to non-quantifiable ...
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In mathematics, pseudoanalytic functions are functions introduced by Lipman Bers (1950, 1951, 1953, 1956) that generalize analytic functions and satisfy a weakened form of the Cauchy–Riemann equations.
The book consists of 57 essays, [2] loosely organized by the most common topics in mathematics for cranks to focus their attention on. [1] The "top ten" of these topics, as listed by reviewer Ian Stewart, are, in order: squaring the circle, angle trisection, Fermat's Last Theorem, non-Euclidean geometry and the parallel postulate, the golden ratio,
Fermat's little theorem states that if p is prime and a is coprime to p, then a p−1 − 1 is divisible by p.For an integer a > 1, if a composite integer x divides a x−1 − 1, then x is called a Fermat pseudoprime to base a.
Underwood Dudley (born January 6, 1937) is an American mathematician and writer. His popular works include several books describing crank mathematics by pseudomathematicians who incorrectly believe they have squared the circle or done other impossible things.
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In mathematics, a pseudometric space is a generalization of a metric space in which the distance between two distinct points can be zero. Pseudometric spaces were introduced by Đuro Kurepa [1] [2] in 1934.