Comments on: Usefulness of Number Theory http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/05/15/usefulness-of-number-theory/ Dedicated to the mathematical arts. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:06:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Walt http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/05/15/usefulness-of-number-theory/#comment-35757 Walt Wed, 16 May 2007 02:07:20 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/05/15/usefulness-of-number-theory/#comment-35757 Not in this case. I have a big backlog, and I'm aiming for a daily posting schedule. Not in this case. I have a big backlog, and I’m aiming for a daily posting schedule.

]]> By: John Armstrong http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/05/15/usefulness-of-number-theory/#comment-35734 John Armstrong Wed, 16 May 2007 00:16:06 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/05/15/usefulness-of-number-theory/#comment-35734 Isn't an open thread the same thing? That or it's an "I'm too busy to update on my regular schedule." Isn’t an open thread the same thing? That or it’s an “I’m too busy to update on my regular schedule.”

]]> By: Walt http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/05/15/usefulness-of-number-theory/#comment-35730 Walt Wed, 16 May 2007 00:06:31 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/05/15/usefulness-of-number-theory/#comment-35730 Or they simply have found the most oblique way conceivable to announce open threads. Or they simply have found the most oblique way conceivable to announce open threads.

]]> By: John Armstrong http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/05/15/usefulness-of-number-theory/#comment-35715 John Armstrong Tue, 15 May 2007 23:22:09 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/05/15/usefulness-of-number-theory/#comment-35715 When bloggers throw out inane counterfactuals/hypotheticals to "discuss" they've got writer's block. Discuss. When bloggers throw out inane counterfactuals/hypotheticals to “discuss” they’ve got writer’s block.

Discuss.

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