The Gordian Knot: List of Articles With Theorems that
are Purely Routine Once The Ansatz is Pointed Out
Last Update: Jan. 30, 2012.
Compiled by Doron Zeilberger
Introduction
:
There quite a few articles that appear in the literature
whose proof is purely routine, see
this parody,
this masterpiece, and
this interesting paper.
As a challenge to my students in the
Experimental Math Spring 2012 class I am asking them
to point out as many articles in the literature, with links,
if available, that are purely routine.
The Polynomial Ansatz
The Quasi-Polynomial Ansatz
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J.H. Jordan, Ray Walch, and R.J. Wisner,
Triangles with Integer Sides, Amer. Math. Monthly,
86 (1979), 686-689.
[Contributed by DZ]
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George E. Andrews, A Note on partitions and triangles
with integer sides, Amer. Math. Monthly,
86 (1979), 477-478.
[Contributed by DZ]
The C-finite Ansatz
Experimental Math Spring 2012 class
Dr. Z.'s teaching page