Yes, my phrasing was a bit poor. In my defense, i never went to Uni, so never received formal scientific training. I'm just a simple software developer.

To be fair, in my usual use cases "works correctly to the forth digit after the comma in all cases" fullfills all my usual project requirements (as set by law). So in these circumstances simulating it to that degree is equivalent to "proof that the solution works".

But yes, i totally agree that there is a big difference between actual mathematical proof and my 1970s-british-automotive-worker "that will do" attitude ;-)

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In reply to Re^3: Demo of the 100 Prisoners Problem using Perl by cavac
in thread Proving Veritasiums riddle using Perl by cavac

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