Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reardon's Theorem


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The result was   speedy delete. Pretty much nonsense, besides, mathematically wrong. Tone 16:29, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Reardon's Theorem
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The "theorem" is not correct as defined here; take for example the case where A=0, B=3, and C=3. This gives that -27=27, obviously wrong. Further, the article was created by User:Pjreardon, smacking of a WP:OR violation. Quantumobserver (talk) 06:27, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete- I can add nothing to what Quantumobserver has said. This article is blatantly original research and even more blatantly wrong. Reyk  YO!  06:33, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Snowball Delete. Well, I'll add that there are actually zero ghits. Someguy1221 (talk) 07:45, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete probably a hoax. --neon white talk 08:03, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, seems a bit hoaxy but the main problem is that it's totally unverifiable, pointing towards WP:OR. There does seem to be a mathematician by the name of Patrick Reardon, but I can't find any mention of a theorem he may have discovered (correct or not).  one brave  monkey  10:07, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete as blatant hoax. If A*B = 0 then either A or B (or both) must equal zero and this in itself makes the formula pretty useless as if B = 0 it quickly reduces to A^n = A^n.  Worse if B = 0 it reduces to (-B)^n = B^n which is obviously false.  This is never going to be verifiable as it's obviously false. Dpmuk (talk) 12:34, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete per Dpmuk. AlexTiefling (talk) 12:42, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


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