Doron Zeilberger over bewijzen en computerprogramma’s

I used to think that in order to understand a mathematical statement I needed a proof. Nonsense. While the top 10 percent of proofs do indeed give insight, most of them are just boring strings of assertions that lead from hypothesis to conclusion. Myself, when I want to understand something, I program it! Including proofs!

Doron Zeilberger, Opinion 15: Giving Tons of Homework and Grading Tough Should not Conflict with Using Computers in the Classroom (19 maart 1997)

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