THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING: CHANGING NATURE OF MATHEMATICAL PROOF

By CHARLOTTE LOPEZ

0 WHAT IS A PROOF AND WHY? 1 THE ANCIENTS 2 THE MIDDLE AGES AND CALCULATION 3 THE DAWN OF THE MODERN AGE 4 HILBERT AND THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 5 THE FOUR-COLOR THEOREM 6 COMPUTER-GENERATED PROOFS 7 THE COMPUTER AS A MATHEMATICAL AID 8 THE SOCIOLOGY OF MATHEMATICAL PROOF 9 A LEGACY OF ELUSIVE PROOFS 10 “THE DEATH OF PROOF?” 11 METHODS OF MATHEMATICAL PROOF 12 CLOSING THOUGHTS REFERENCES