Talk:Modularity theorem
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Hi!
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)
- The term "Taniyama–Shimura Theorem" is abominable -- it looks like what a layperson would think mathematicians would call this result, especially noting the common wikipedia mis-phrase "Conjecture X became a Theorem". The correct terminology is "Conjecture X was proven" or "establised". The Theorem is properly called the Modularity Theorem and should exist under that heading. The statement is alternatively known as the "Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture". WLior 06:07, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
