Re: Engineering / Arts

John Jarosz (jjarosz@interaccess.com)
Sat, 08 Nov 1997 12:19:41 -0500

Elton N. Kaufmann - Cycloid Fathom Group wrote:
>
> I don't know where to draw the line between artistic
> creativity and creativity in general. Who can tell me if
> the recent proof of Fermat's theorem, which was highly
> creative, was beautiful in an artistic sense or just beautiful period?

I think it depends on the critic (viewer). I'm sure to a high level
mathemetician, it's art. But I think anyone would agree it's creative.