With respect to the actual math: It’s waaay more fun to redevelop all the concepts from the top of my head, rather than looking everything up in textbooks. With respect to the historical stuff, it doesn’t even matter – after all, almost everything to do with actual mathematics has changed since then, and what’s important is the motivation behind this stuff, not the precise historical development, which is why I can’t be bothered to fact check this in detail. The same holds for all definitions, proofs etc. I’m writing this pretty much from the top of my head. I might get some, many or all of the historical details wrong. define a sequence \((\frac1n)\) without needing to worry about the case \(n=0\). Also: Usually I prefer to have \(0\) to be a natural number, but I specifically exclude it from \(\mathbb N\) here, just for convenience – it allows me to e.g. I mention this, because I will have to talk about what “real numbers” really are in modern mathematics – something that Gabriel really doesn’t seem to grasp. The set of all rational numbers is denoted as \)\mathbb Q\), the set of all natural numbers – i.e. “right”) definitions of all those concepts are, what motivates these definitions and what their implications are.ĭisclaimer: I will assume that we all know and somewhat agree that rational numbers are, like, a thing – that is, numbers that can be expressed as fractions of integers \(\pm\frac ab\). However, if we want to see how wrong Gabriel really is, we first need to make sure that we all agree what the “official” (i.e. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your aesthetics) that means getting into serious math territory – many things that Gabriel gets wrong have to do with the fundamental definitions of e.g. In the second video on John Gabriel’s YouTube channel, he starts ranting about how calculus (unlike his new calculus, which is perfect in every way!) is wrong, which means I might as well use this opportunity to explain why it’s not and in general how this stuff actually works. So, let’s continue to take him down a notch. He really seems to think he is god’s gift to humanity. And I don’t think he’s a troll either – he’s been doing this for years, if not decades, and he takes every piece of criticism as a personal attack. It is no longer debatable, but proven fact.” John Gabriel – Jesus, Aristotle, Newton and Einstein all rolled into one. That is an incredible accomplishment given that no one before me was able to do this – not even the so-called greats such as Archimedes, Newton or anyone else. “The NC is the first and only rigorous formulation of calculus in human history. But no, my life has all but been destroyed by the efforts and attacks of the most vile scum in mainstream academia.” “One would think that given I am helping future generations of aspiring young mathematicians, they would be grateful and welcome this new knowledge I reveal. They decided to libel and defame me, rather than study my ingenious work which is worthy not of one Abel prize, but of ten Abel prizes.” Truth or proofs had little to do with the rejection. “I realised many years later, they rejected my discoveries for several reasons, but the one that stood out is the fact that they did not like me personally. My tolerance for stupid people has long ceased to exist.” “I loathe mainstream academia and it’s hard for me to restrain myself. “Georg Cantor, whom I consider one of the greatest fools in mathematics and the reason so many have problems with math.” That’s quite a big statement, but I have proved it.” “After Euclid and before me, not a single mathematics academic, ever understood what is a number. Here are just some further choice quotes: I mean that without a hint of irony – the narcissism and ignorance of this guy even dwarf Donald Trump. And (as someone on Mathematical Mathematics Memes pointed out), it’s becoming increasingly plausible that this guy has some mild form of mental illness, or at least a personality disorder. I’ve been made aware of Gabriel’s LinkedIn page, where he wrote hilarious posts about his new calculus and his axioms for arithmetic.
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