Zulip Chat Archive

Stream: general

Topic: Incremental or "wholesale" development?


Victor Porton (Feb 11 2026 at 07:52):

I am verifying a theorem (my Navier-Stokes proof).

For proofs I almost entirely rely on AI.

Is it a good idea to ignore errors for now and later, when I already write much, tell AI to fix errors? Or is it better to add one theorem at a time and tell AI to fix the entered theorem proof errors before starting to write the next theorem?

Michael Rothgang (Feb 11 2026 at 09:26):

If you want a working proof in the end, making sure what you're building does not error seems sensible. (It is possible to get stuck in an unprovable state otherwise, because a previous statement you had was actually slightly wrong. Proving it will protect against this.)


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