npub1le…v3yeq on Nostr: so in his latest post () Buzzard makes the point that the process of formalizing math ...
so in his latest post (
https://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2026/08/13/the-annals-challenge/) Buzzard makes the point that the process of formalizing math usually yields insight on the math itself, which seems very reasonable!
I thought I could ask the chatbots about examples of that, but then why not ask here?
formalizers, blow my mind!
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