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From: Bill Dubuque on 26 Jun 2010 13:20
Gerry Myerson <ge...(a)maths.mq.edi.ai.i2u4email> wrote:
>Tonico <Tonic...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> About the book by Underwood Dudley: I don't have it.
>
> The story is on pages 257-258 of that book. Dudley has an undated
> newspaper clipping reporting that Moore presented a proof at an
> Amer Math Soc meeting in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Other evidence
> indicates the clipping is from a midwestern newspaper during the
> Second World War.
>
> Maybe someone has tracked things down and told Dudley more
> details. I suppose anyone who really wanted to know could ask Dudley.

Coincidentally, I just stumbled upon a reference [1] to this purported
proof that there are infinitely many twin primes. The article says
"A solution was presented at the meeting of the American Mathematical
Society in Wellesley, Mass., by Dr. Charles N. Moore, professor of
mathematics, University of Cincinnati ... At the meeting Dr. Moore
presented an involved but convincing paper giving his proof..."

--Bill Dubuque

[1] Prime-Pairs Problem of Euclid Is Solved
The Science News-Letter, Vol. 46, No. 9 (Aug. 26, 1944), p. 142
http://www.jstor.org/stable/3921431
From: master1729 on 26 Jun 2010 11:41
>
> --Bill Dubuque
>
> [1] Prime-Pairs Problem of Euclid Is Solved
> The Science News-Letter, Vol. 46, No. 9 (Aug. 26,
> 1944), p. 142
> http://www.jstor.org/stable/3921431

sigh.

even a probably wrong twin prime proof from 1944 is not freely available.

"trusted" archives for sholarship ? ( jstor slogan )

what to trust about a probably false proof from 1944 that has almost been forgotten ?

at least JSH wrong proofs are freely available :)

but maybe someone has access and is willing to contribute here.

thanks bill.

tommy1729
From: Bill Dubuque on 26 Jun 2010 16:29
master1729 <tommy1729(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> [1] Prime-Pairs Problem of Euclid Is Solved
>> The Science News-Letter, Vol. 46, No. 9 (Aug. 26,
>> 1944), p. 142
>> http://www.jstor.org/stable/3921431
>
> sigh. even a probably wrong twin prime proof from 1944 is not freely available.
>
> "trusted" archives for sholarship ? ( jstor slogan )

> what to trust about a probably false proof from 1944 that has almost been forgotten ?
>
> at least JSH wrong proofs are freely available :)
>
> but maybe someone has access and is willing to contribute here.

Just in case it wasn't clear, the cited article contains no proof.
It's just a news blurb containing no more interesting information
than the couple sentences that I excerpted.

From: master1729 on 29 Jun 2010 03:15
> master1729 <tommy1729(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> [1] Prime-Pairs Problem of Euclid Is Solved
> >> The Science News-Letter, Vol. 46, No. 9 (Aug. 26,
> >> 1944), p. 142
> >> http://www.jstor.org/stable/3921431
> >
> > sigh. even a probably wrong twin prime proof from
> 1944 is not freely available.
> >
> > "trusted" archives for sholarship ? ( jstor slogan
> )
>
> > what to trust about a probably false proof from
> 1944 that has almost been forgotten ?
> >
> > at least JSH wrong proofs are freely available :)
> >
> > but maybe someone has access and is willing to
> contribute here.
>
> Just in case it wasn't clear, the cited article
> contains no proof.
> It's just a news blurb containing no more interesting
> information
> than the couple sentences that I excerpted.
>

whats a news blurb ?

is it a hoax ? a mistake ? a scam ?

sorry for my bad english.

so , did charles n moore never claimed to have a proof ? or was we wrong ?

i dont know what a blurb is ...
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