Talk:Taniyama–Shimura theorem

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I find much of the math articles here on Wikipedia are inaccessible to anyone less than a masters in mathematics. I suspect that the problem stems from the articles themselves and not me, but if you agree or disagree please comment here. --ShaunMacPherson 03:45, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)

  • The Taniyama-Shimura theorem is certainly inaccessible to anyone with less than a masters in mathematics. But it's a bit of a special case. I generally don't find the Wikipedia articles to be more complex than necessary to describe the maths involved in each article. -- David Hopwood
  • Actually, I think the definition given in the article would be accessible to someone with only an undergraduate degree in mathematics :-). Though the full proof wouldn't be, of course. Anyway, this is one badass, seriously abstract theorem we're talking about here: there is no way to understand it without mathematical training, and this isn't wikipedia's fault. Some math is just that complicated. --Shibboleth 08:39, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  • The article was pretty much of a mess, so I've fixed it. I hope it isn't any more inaccessible than it ever was. If you follow the link to classical modular curve, you end up with a definition which isn't too highbrow. Gene Ward Smith 04:15, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move/redirect request

Since it's called "Taniyama–Shimura theorem" everywhere on the page, the article should have that title. 62.136.152.161 11:58, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

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