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Method Hindering Results

Observations/Reflections: On Method Hindering Results
Status: Dictated but Not Reviewed
Published: 12/01/08
Written: 10/08/08
Dictated By: Flint McGlaughlin

What is one to do when able to demonstrate accurate results without being able to demonstrate meaningful method? To some extent, the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan illustrates this enigma. Ramanujan could solve the most complex problems, but he could barely prove his answers. It took others, like G. H. Hardy, to validate these answers. Ramanujan deployed the wrong method, but achieved the right results that others failed to achieve with their careful, thorough approaches. Are my results being hindered by my method?

Posted by Flint McGlaughlin on December 1, 2008 11:05 AM |

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