/sci/ - Science & Math

Hey /sci I've got a proof that shows that P = NP. Only problem is cant publish bc I don't know how to do that.

I have a 4 page proof but I can't get professors to read it and take me seriously. I don't get serious feedback, only "hey your wrong kid"

What do? Self publish? Any pointers?

READING:
Books are not scrolls.
Scrolls must be read like the Torah from one end to the other.
Books are random access -- a great innovation over scrolls.
Make use of this innovation! Do NOT feel obliged to read a book from beginning to end.
Permit yourself to open a book and start reading from anywhere.
In the case of mathematics or physics or anything especially hard, try to find something anything that you can understand.
Read what you can.
Write in the margins. (You know how useful that can be.)
Next time you come back to that book, you'll be able to read more.
You can gradually learn extraordinarily hard things this way.

Consider writing what you read as you read it.
This is especially true if you're intent on reading something hard.

I remember a professor of Mathematics at MIT,
name of BERTRAM KOSTANT,
who would keep his door open whenever he was in his office, and he would always be at his desk writing.
Writing. Always writing.
Was he writing up his research? Maybe.
Writing up his ideas? Maybe.
I personally think he was reading, and writing what he was reading.
At least for me, writing what I read is one of the most enjoyable and profitable ways to learn hard material.

Why do people here seem to dislike CS so much?

I can totally agree with how software engineering can hardly be considered a science or remotely related to math, but CS is broader than just that. Which topics/branches would you consider still legit science or math, and which ones wouldn't you?